The failure rate does not equal the false-negative rate: A call for tailoring diagnostic strategy validation in low prevalence populations
J Thromb Haemost
.
2021 Jul;19(7):1832-1833.
doi: 10.1111/jth.15353.
Authors
Yonathan Freund
1
2
,
Mélanie Roussel
1
3
,
Jeff Kline
4
,
Pierre-Marie Roy
5
,
Ben Bloom
6
Affiliations
1
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
2
Emergency Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
3
CHU Charles Nicole, Rouen, France.
4
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
5
Emergency Department, CHU Angers, Institut Mitovasc UMR (CNRS 6015-INSERM 1083), UNIV Angers, F-CRIN INNOVTE, Angers, France.
6
Emergency Department, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
PMID:
34176222
DOI:
10.1111/jth.15353
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Humans
Prevalence*
Sensitivity and Specificity