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Table 4 Temperature curve analysis as a diagnostic test for early sepsisa

From: Body temperature patterns as a predictor of hospital-acquired sepsis in afebrile adult intensive care unit patients: a case-control study

Abnormal temperature patternb

Septic (n)

Nonseptic (n)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Interrater κc

(95% CI)

Intrarater

κc

(95% CI)

Present

22

7

0.69

0.76

0.50

0.60

Absent

10

22

(0.50 to 0.83)

(0.56 to 0.89)

(0.45 to 0.54)

(0.52 to 0.67)

  1. aCI, confidence interval. bDetermined by the majority (at least four of seven) of the raters. cκ statistic for multiple raters.
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