Critical Care
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This article is part of a series on Medical statistics, edited by
Jonathan Ball, Viv Bewick and Liz Cheek.ReviewStatistics review 13: Receiver operating characteristic curvesViv Bewick1  , Liz Cheek1 and Jonathan Ball2 1Senior Lecturer, School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK 2Senior Registrar in ICU, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia  author email corresponding author email
Critical Care 2004,
8:508-512doi:10.1186/cc3000
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Abstract
This review introduces some commonly used methods for assessing the performance of a diagnostic test. The sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of a test are discussed. The uses of the receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve are explained. | 
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