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. 2019 Aug 6;74(10):941–946. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213470

Table 4.

Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV) and positive predictive value (PPV) at NEWS thresholds of 5 and 7

Low-risk group
(cut-off less than 5 for NEWS)
Low and moderate risk group combined
(cut-off less than 7 for NEWS)
Sensitivity Specificity NPV Sensitivity Specificity PPV
NEWS2All COPD 0.85 0.40 0.97 0.68 0.64 0.15
NEWS2 0.90 0.30 0.97 0.71 0.55 0.13
NEWS 0.89 0.27 0.96 0.64 0.55 0.12
DECAF 0.93 0.52 0.99 0.73 0.80 0.25