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Table 4 Results when outcome is intra-hospital all-cause mortality

From: Assessment of disease severity in hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia by the use of validated scoring systems

Test system

n

Data

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

qSOFA

1112

100%

14/117 (12.0%)

911/995 (91.6%)

14.3%

89.8%

CRB65

1112

100%

36/117 (30.8%)

737/995 (74.1%)

12.2%

90.1%

SIRS (Sepsis 1)

1112

100%

84/117 (71.8%)

321/995 (32.3%)

11.1%

90.7%

NEWS2

1112

100%

89/117 (76.1%)

377/995 (37.9%)

12.6%

93.7%

CURB65

1112

100%

55/117 (47.0%)

957/995 (96.2%)

59.1%

93.9%

SOFA (Sepsis-3)

1072

96,4%

90/96 (93.8%)

916/976 (93.9%)

60.0%

99.3%

PSI

1009

90,7%

76/88 (88.6%)

847/921 (92.0%)

47.8%

98.8%

IDSA/ATS

1112

100%

88/101 (87.1%)

961/1011 (95.1%)

63.8%

98.7%

Sepsis-2

0

0%

NA*

NA*

NA*

NA*

  1. *Not applicable
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