Table 1.
Triage category | Percentage (95% CI) | |||
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Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | |
ESI 1 | 88.9 (51.8–99.7) | 95.1 (83.5–99.4) | 80 (44.4–97.5) | 97.5 (86.8–99.9) |
ESI 2 | 41.7 (15.2–72.3) | 92.1 (78.6–98.3) | 62.5 (24.5–91.5) | 83.3 (68.6–93) |
ESI 3 | 50 (18.7–81.3) | 80 (64.4–90.9) | 38.5 (13.9–68.4) | 86.5 (71.2–95.5) |
ESI 4 | 50 (11.8–88.2) | 70.5 (54.8–83.2) | 18.8 (4–45.6) | 91.2 (76.3–98.1) |
ESI 5 | 15.4 (1.9–45.5) | 97.3 (85.8–99.9) | 66.7 (9.4–99.2) | 76.6 (62–87.7) |
ESI: Emergency severity index, PPV: Positive predictive value, NPV: Negative predictive value, CI: Confidence interval