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Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Diagnostic performance of the best cutoff values of independent predictors of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients

From: The coagulation changes associated with acute variceal bleeding in patients with HCV-induced cirrhosis as assessed by rotational thromboelastometry

Cutoff value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

MELD:> 13

65

100

100

74.1

82.5

PVD (mm):> 13.6 mm

65

90

86.7

72

77.5

CFT-EXTEM (s):> 316

64.7

84.2

78.6

72.7

75

CFT-INTEM (s):> 167

78.95

61.1

68.2

73.3

70.3

  1. PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, MELD Model of end-stage liver disease, PVD Portal vein diameter, CFT Clot formation time
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