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Table 2 Performance of qSOFA for predicting hospital mortality

From: The prognostic performance of qSOFA for community-acquired pneumonia

 

Cut-off

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

OR

95%CI

      

5%

95%

qSOFA

≥ 2

39.1%

87.8%

17.2%

95.7%

4.61

2.57

8.12

CURB-65

≥ 2

87.5%

41.0%

8.8%

98.0%

4.89

2.29

12.01

PSI

≥ IV

89.1%

42.0%

9.1%

98.3%

5.88

2.64

15.46

  1. Abbreviations: CURB-65 Confusion, Urea, Respiratory Rate, Blood Pressure and Age; ICU intensive care unit; PSI Pneumonia Severity Index; qSOFA quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment; PPV positive predictive value; NPV negative predictive value; OR odds ratio
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492