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Understanding receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jerome Fan ,
Suneel Upadhye  and
Andrew Worster
Jerome Fan
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Suneel Upadhye
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
Andrew Worster*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
*
Emergency Department, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton ON L8N 3Z5

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In this issue of the Journal, Auer and colleagues conclude that serum levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE), a biochemical marker of ischemic brain injury, may have clinical utility for the prediction of survival to hospital discharge in patients experiencing the return of spontaneous circulation following at least 5 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The authors used a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to illustrate and evaluate the diagnostic (prognostic) performance of NSE. We explain ROC curve analysis in the following paragraphs.

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Type
Original Research • Recherche originale
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 19 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2006

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