Table 5 Diagnostic accuracy of Angus and colleagues’ criteria for detecting community-acquired severe sepsis events, stratified by infection category [1 ]
From: Discharge diagnoses versus medical record review in the identification of community-acquired sepsis
Diagnostic property | Lung ( n = 166) | Kidney ( n = 59) | Abdominal ( n = 73) | Skin ( n = 49) | Other ( n = 32) | Overall ( n = 379) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity (%) | 41.0 (28.6 to 54.3) | 43.5 (23.2 to 65.5) | 36.8 (16.3 to 61.6) | 42.9 (9.9 to 81.6) | 58.3 (27.7 to 84.8) | 42.6 (33.7 to 51.9) |
Specificity (%) | 83.8 (75.3 to 90.3) | 77.8 (60.8 to 89.9) | 88.9 (77.4 to 95.8) | 90.5 (77.4 to 97.3) | 90.0 (68.3 to 98.8) | 85.6 (80.7 to 88.7) |
Positive predictive value (%) | 59.5 (43.3 to 74.4) | 55.6 (30.8 to 78.5) | 53.8 (25.1 to 80.8) | 42.9 (9.9 to 81.6) | 77.8 (40.0 to 97.2) | 58.4 (47.5 to 68.8) |
Negative predictive value (%) | 71.0 (62.1 to 78.8) | 68.3 (51.9 to 81.9) | 80.0 (67.7 to 89.2) | 90.5 (77.4 to 97.3) | 78.3 (56.3 to 92.5) | 75.9 (70.5 to 80.7) |
Likelihood ratio positive | 2.5 (1.5 to 4.3) | 2.0 (0.9 to 4.2) | 3.3 (1.3 to 8.6) | 4.5 (1.3 to 15.9) | 5.8 (1.4 to 23.6) | 3.0 (2.1 to 4.3) |
Likelihood ratio negative | 0.70 (0.56 to 0.88) | 0.73 (0.49 to 1.08) | 0.71 (0.50 to 1.01) | 0.63 (0.33 to 1.21) | 0.46 (0.23 to 0.92) | 0.67 (0.57 to 0.79) |
Area under ROC curve | 0.62 (0.55 to 0.70) | 0.61 (0.48 to 0.73) | 0.63 (0.51 to 0.75) | 0.67 (0.46 to 0.87) | 0.74 (0.58 to 0.90) | 0.64 (0.59 to 0.69) |