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Table A-5. Clinical Performance Results (Pediatric Patients)
Rhythms
Sample
Size
(9 second
records)
Performance
Goals
Observed
Performance
90% One-sided
Lower
Confidence
Limit
Shockable
(49 patients) Sensitivity
Coarse VF 42 >90% 100% (42/42) 93.1%
Rapid VT 82 >75% 93.9% (77/82) 87.6%
Nonshockable
(155 patients) Specificity
NSR 208 >99% 100% (208/208) 98.6%
AF, SB, SVT a , heart block,
idioventricular, PVCs
a. 161 of the 348 abnormal rhythm records were SVT (72 patients). The SVT heart rates ranged
from 152 to 302 beats per minute.
348 >95% 99.4% (346/348) 98.2%
Asystole 29 >95% 100% (29/29) 90.2%
Intermediate
(16 patients)
Fine VF 0 Report only — —
Other VT 40 Report only 90% (36/40) 78.6%