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Table 4 Diagnostic accuracy of sudden-onset and/or morphine-requiring acute abdominal pain signs in acute mesenteric ischemia

From: Improving clinical suspicion of acute mesenteric ischemia among patients with acute abdomen: a cross-sectional study from an intestinal stroke center

Population

AUROC (95%CI)a

Abdominal pain criteria

Sensitivity (95%CI)a

Specificity (95%CI)a

Positive likelihood ratio (95%CI)a

Negative likelihood ratio (95%CI)a

Overall

0.84 (0.77–0.91)

Sudden-onset

0.73 (0.61–0.85)

0.89 (0.83–0.96)

6.90 (3.64–13.08)

0.30 (0.19–0.47)

Morphine-requiring

0.63 (0.50–0.77)

0.78 (0.69–0.87)

2.84 (1.82–4.44)

0.47 (0.32–0.69)

1 factor

0.88 (0.80–0.97)

0.72 (0.62–0.81)

3.13 (2.20–4.46)

0.16 (0.07–0.35)

2 factors

0.48 (0.34–0.62)

0.95 (0.91–1.00)

10.22 (3.77–27.70)

0.54 (0.42–0.71)

Arterial AMI

0.89 (0.82–0.96)

Sudden-onset

0.88 (0.77–0.99)

0.89 (0.83–0.96)

8.33 (4.44–15.64)

0.13 (0.05–0.33)

Morphine-requiring

0.68 (0.52–0.83)

0.78 (0.69–0.87)

3.03 (1.91–4.79)

0.42 (0.25–0.69

1 factor

0.97 (0.91–1.00)

0.72 (0.62–0.81)

3.44 (2.44–4.85)

0.04 (0.006–0.28)

2 factors

0.59 (0.42–0.75)

0.95 (0.91–1.00)

12.50 (4.61–33.88)

0.43 (0.29–0.65)

Venous AMI

0.75 (0.62–0.88)

Sudden-onset

0.42 (0.20–0.64)

0.89 (0.83–0.96)

4.00 (1.77–8.96)

0.65 (0.44–0.96)

Morphine-requiring

0.58 (0.36–0.80)

0.78 (0.69–0.87)

2.59 (1.49–4.50)

0.54 (0.32–0.93)

1 factor

0.74 (0.54–0.93)

0.72 (0.62–0.81)

2.61 (1.69–4.02)

0.37 (0.17–0.79)

2 factors

0.26 (0.07–0.46)

0.95 (0.91–1.00)

5.59 (1.66–18.89)

0.77 (0.59–1.00)

  1. a95%CI - 95% confidence interval