FINDINGS | POSITIVE LIKELIHOOD RATIO (95% CI) |
---|---|
Symptom | |
• Tearing or ripping pain | 10.8 (5.2–22.0) |
• Migrating pain | 7.6 (3.6–16.0) |
• Sudden chest pain | 2.6 (2.0–3.5) |
• History of hypertension | 1.5 (0.8–3.0) |
Sign | |
• Focal neurologic deficit | 33.0 (2.0–549.0) |
• Diastolic heart murmur | 4.9 (0.6–40.0) |
• Pulse deficit | 2.7 (0.7–9.8) |
Investigation findings | |
• Widened mediastinum on x-ray scan | 3.4 (2.4–4.8) |
• Left ventricular hypertrophy on ECG | 3.2 (1.5–6.8) |
ECG—electrocardiogram.
Data from Klompas.7