Table 2.

Sensitivity and specificity of clinical scores for infection

Parameter	IMCU	ICU	IMCU/ICU
Sensitivity of SIRS	0.78	0.93	0.97
Specificity of SIRS	0.48	0.32	0.13
Sensitivity of SOFA	0.05	0.33	0.42
Specificity of SOFA	0.99	0.97	0.92
Sensitivity of qSOFA	0.56	0.81	0.93
Specificity of qSOFA	0.70	0.51	0.30

ICU Intensive care unit, IMCU Intermediate care unit, SIRS Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, qSOFA Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment