Table 4 Operational characteristics of studied criteria for the diagnosis of pneumonia
From: Bronchoalveolar lavage cytological alveolar damage in patients with severe pneumonia
Criterion | All patients | Patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Se | Sp | PPV | NPV | Se | Sp | PPV | NPV | |
Presence of type II pneumocytes | 0.444 | 0.833 | 0.889 | 0.333 | 0.462 | 0.833 | 0.857 | 0.417 |
Presence of erythrophagocytes | 0.370 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.346 | 0.333 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.409 |
Both criteria | 0.222 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.300 | 0.205 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.367 |