Articles: sensitivity-specificity.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The FLUSH Study-Flush the Line and Ultrasound the Heart: Ultrasonographic Confirmation of Central Femoral Venous Line Placement.
Inadvertent arterial placement of a femoral venous catheter may result in serious morbidity, including limb necrosis. The Flush the Line and Ultrasound the Heart (FLUSH) test is visualization of the heart by a subxiphoid ultrasonic view while the central catheter is flushed with agitated saline solution. We wish to determine whether the FLUSH test can verify proper femoral venous line placement. ⋯ The FLUSH test is simple and reliable, and appears to accurately confirm femoral venous line placement.
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Jornal de pediatria · Nov 1997
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial[Behavioral pain scales assessment in neonates].
To establish the sensitivity and specificity of two behavioral pain scales in different gestational ages (GA). ⋯ Both behavioral scales are sensitive tools for pain assessment in premature infants, although NFCS seems superior to NIPS.