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. 2017 Feb 2;12(2):e0170811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170811

Table 3. Diagnostic performance of the MTS for the identification of patients who died at the emergency department or required ICU admission.

Erasmus MC Maasstad Fernando Fonseca
<16 years n = 6185 ≥16 years n = 19,398 <16 years n = 7032 ≥16 years n = 25,500 <16 years n = 52,843 ≥16 years n = 177,705
Total ICU admissions, n (%) 148 (2.4) 333 (1.7%) 11 (0.2%) 266 (1.0%) 132 (0.2%) 403 (0.2%)
Diagnostic accuracy (95% confidence interval)
Sensitivity 0.66 (0.58 to 0.73) 0.80 (0.76 to 0.84) 0.91 (0.62 to 0.98) 0.86 (0.81 to 0.90) 0.77 (0.69 to 0.83) 0.84 (0.80 to 0.87)
Specificity 0.87 (0.86 to 0.88) 0.91 (0.91 to 0.92) 0.83 (0.82 to 0.84) 0.85 (0.84 to 0.85) 0.82 (0.82 to 0.83) 0.84 (0.83 to 0.84)
Positive Likelihood Ratio 4.92 (4.30 to 5.62) 9.10 (8.48 to 9.75) 5.26 (4.34 to 6.39) 5.67 (5.36 to 6.00) 4.33 (3.94 to 4.77) 5.12 (4.90 to 5.35)
Negative Likelihood Ratio 0.40 (0.32 to 0.50) 0.21 (0.17 to 0.27) 0.11 (0.02 to 0.71) 0.16 (0.12 to 0.22) 0.29 (0.21 to 0.39) 0.19 (0.15 to 0.24)
Diagnostic Odds Ratio 12.4 (8.7 to 17.5) 42.5 (32.2 to 55.9) 47.9 (6.1 to 374.4) 34.6 (24.4 to 49.0) 15.2 (10.2 to 22.7) 27.0 (20.6 to 35.2)