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. 2017 Feb 28;25:19. doi: 10.1186/s13049-017-0368-y

Table 8.

The performance of three or more total and any displaced rib fracture, TTSS and Ribscore in prediction of complication

Patient with complication Patient without complication Sensitivity (95% CI ) Specificity (95% CI ) PPV (95% CI ) NPV (95% CI ) OR (95% CI )
Three or more rib fracture or any displacement 102 45 94.4% (88–98%) 31.8% (21–44%) 69.4% (61–77%) 77.8% (58–91%) 7.93 (3–20.99)
TTSS > 4 86 22 79.6% (71–87%) 66.7% (54–78%) 79.6% (71–87%) 67% (54–78%) 7.82 (3.91–15.6)
TTSS > 7 41 0 38% (29–48%) 100% (95–100%) 100% (91–100%) 49.6% (41–58%) NA
Ribscore >0 81 17 75% (66–83%) 74.2% (62–84%) 82.7% (74–90%) 64.5% (52.7–75.1%) 8.65 (4.28–17.46)
Ribscore > 1 35 1 32.4% (24–43%) 98.5% (92–100%) 97.2% (85–100%) 47.1% (39–56%) 31.16 (4.15–233.91)