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Table 4 estimation of intuitive harm.

From: Is increasing complexity of algorithms the price for higher accuracy? virtual comparison of three algorithms for tertiary level management of chronic cough in people living with HIV in a low-income country

Diagnosis

False Negatives

False Positives

TB smear positive

9

5

Miliar TB

8,5

5

Pleural TB

7,5

4,5

Pneumocystis jirovecii

8

3

Lobar pneumonia

8

3

Atypical pneumonia

7

3

Empyema

8

4

Kaposi 's sarcoma

7

7,5

Pulmonar abscess

8

4

Cavitary TB

8

5

Mediastinal ADP TB

7,5

5

Pericardial TB

8

5

Average

8

4,5

  1. Average of estimation of intuitive harm of false negatives and false positives for each diagnosis. Nine internists scored on a scale from 0 to 10.