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. 2021 Feb 11;36(5):1338–1345. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06626-7

Table 2.

Statistical Data of ROC Comparisons Between PSI, CURB-65, MuLBSTA, and qSOFA Scores for In-Hospital Mortality, Admission to ICU, and Use Of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia. ROC: Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve

AUROC# (95% CI) vs. PSI vs. CURB-65 vs. MuLBSTA§
Mortality
PSI 0.835 (0.826–0.845)
CURB-65 0.825 (0.815–0.835) 0.112
MuLBSTA§ 0.715 (0.703–0.727) <0.001 <0.001
qSOFA 0.728 (0.715–0.741) <0.001 <0.001 0.102
Admission to ICU
PSI 0.539 (0.521–0.557)
CURB-65 0.562 (0.544–0.580) 0.064
MuLBSTA§ 0.658 (0.640–0.677) <0.001 <0.001
qSOFA 0.616 (0.598–0.635) <0.001 <0.001 0.001
Mechanical ventilation
PSI 0.560 (0.540–0.579)
CURB-65 0.572 (0.553–0.592) 0.349
MuLBSTA§ 0.678 (0.657–0.698) <0.001 <0.001
qSOFA 0.624 (0.603–0.644) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

PSI: Pneumonia Severity Index; CURB-65: Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, and age ≥65 years; §MuLBSTA: Multilobar infiltration, hypo-Lymphocytosis, Bacterial coinfection, Smoking history, hyper-Tension, and Age; qSOFA: quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; COVID-19: coronavirus infectious disease 2019; #AUROC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve