A modified Bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND-M) algorithm is useful in evaluating severity of jaundice in a resource-limited setting

Table 3 BIND-M score versus consultant diagnosis of acute bilirubin encephalopathy (ABE)

Consultant score vs. consultant diagnosis		Final diagnosis				Test performance
		ABE		No ABE		Sensitivity %	Specificity %	Positive predictive value %	Negative predictive value %
		TP	FN	FP	TN	Sensitivity %	Specificity %	Positive predictive value %	Negative predictive value %
BIND score cut off	≥0	53	0	280	0	100.0	0.0	15.9	N/A
	≥1	52	1	33	247	98.1	88.2	61.2	99.6
	≥2	50	3	12	268	94.3	95.7	80.6	98.9
	≥3	48	5	6	274	90.7	97.9	88.9	98.2
	≥4	45	8	5	275	84.9	98.2	90.0	97.2
	≥5	44	9	4	276	83.0	98.6	91.7	96.8
	≥6	40	13	2	278	75.5	99.3	95.2	95.5
	≥7	37	16	2	278	69.8	99.3	94.6	94.9
	≥8	32	21	1	279	60.4	99.6	96.7	93.0
	≥9	26	27	0	280	49.6	100.0	100.0	91.5
	≥10	17	36	0	280	32.1	100.0	100.0	88.6
	≥11	11	42	0	280	20.8	100.0	100.0	87.0
	≥12	2	51	0	280	3.8	100.0	100.0	84.6

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