This review article provides a concise guide to interpreting receiver operating characteristic
(ROC) curves and area under the curve (AUC) values in diagnostic accuracy studies. ROC …

Background Procalcitonin is a promising marker for identification of bacterial infections. We
assessed the accuracy and clinical value of procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in critically …

Background Anxiety is common during pregnancy. The 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder
scale (GAD-7) is a self-rating scale for detecting anxiety and has been validated in various …

Grimace scales have been used for pain assessment in different species. This study aimed
to develop and validate the Feline Grimace Scale (FGS) to detect naturally-occurring acute …

Objective To predict the optimal cut-off values for screening and predicting metabolic
syndrome (MetS) in a middle-aged and elderly Chinese population using 13 obesity and …

Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders, with prevalence rates in general
populations reportedly ranging from 12.8% to 38.3%, 1-3 including 22.8% in Koreans. 4 …

The aim of this study is to validate the Italian version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
(PSQI), comparing five different groups of individuals (healthy young and elderly, sleep …

Aggressive fluid resuscitation to achieve a central venous pressure (CVP) greater than 8 mm
Hg has been promoted as the standard of care, in the management of patients with severe …

The results of many clinical tests are quantitative and are provided on a continuous scale. To
help decide the presence or absence of disease, a cut‐off point for 'normal'or 'abnormal'is …

Objective There is a need to determine which response measures in lupus nephritis trials
are most predictive of good long‐term renal function. We used data from the Euro‐Lupus …