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Table 3 Performance of qSOFA for predicting ICU admission

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

 

Cut-off

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

OR

95%CI

      

5%

95%

qSOFA

≥ 2

41.0%

88.5%

23.4%

94.6%

5.30

3.18

8.80

CURB-65

≥ 2

83.1%

41.2%

10.9%

96.6%

3.44

1.89

6.72

PSI

≥ IV

85.5%

42.3%

11.3%

97.1%

4.33

2.29

8.90

  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