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Table 3 Cardiopulmonary ultrasound findings: prevalence and test characteristics

From: Focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound for assessment of dyspnea in a resource-limited setting

CPUS findings

Prevalence %

Sensitivity %

Specificity %

Kappa

Pericardial effusion

7.7 (3.8, 14.5)

88.9 (50.7, 99.4)

99.1 (94.2, 100)

0.81*

LVEF <50 %

40.2 (31.3, 49.7)

93.6 (81.4, 98.3)

100 (93.5, 100)

0.98*

MV disease

53.8 (43.2, 64.1)

86.0 (72.6, 93.7)

86.0 (71.4, 94.2)

0.696*

Pleural effusion

25.7 (20.2, 31.9)

83.1 (70.6, 91.1)

100 (97.3, 100)

0.73*

Interstitial synd.

36.3 (30.1, 43.0)

92.7 (84.2, 97.0)

97.9 (93.6, 99.5)

0.49*

  1. Numbers are reported as a percentage (confidence interval)
  2. CPUS cardiopulmonary ultrasound, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, MV mitral valve, Interstitial synd Interstitial Syndrome)
  3. * p < 0.001
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