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Comparison between clinical sepsis and procalcitonin-based sepsis
|
PCT-based sepsis |
Kappa (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative (n = 190) | Positive (n = 150) | ||
| Clinical sepsis |
|
|
|
| Negative (n = 221) |
144 |
77 |
|
| Positive (n = 119) |
46 |
73 |
|
| 0.2425 (0.1398 – 0.3453) | |||
P = 0.0071 (McNemar test).
The critically ill patients with suspected sepsis were diagnosed on the basis of clinical diagnostic criteria of sepsis (e.g. SIRS) [17].
PCT: procalcitonin; CI: confidence interval.
