Table 4.
Discriminative value of PELOD-2 score, PELOD-2 score without lactate, and vasoactive-inotropic score in predicting mortality outcome in pediatric shock sepsis patients
| PELOD-2 | PELOD-2 without lactate | VIS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutoff point | >10 | >9 | >11 |
| Sensitivity, % (95% CI) | 61.97 (49.67-7324) | 67.61 (55.45-78.24) | 78.87 (67.56-87.67) |
| Specificity, % (95% CI) | 83.33 (58.58-96.42) | 66.67 (40.99-86.66) | 72.22 (46.52-90.31) |
| PPV, % (95% CI) | 93.62 (83.71-97.67) | 88.89 (80.32-94.0) | 91.80 (84.04-95.97) |
| NPV, % (95% CI) | 35.71 (27.90-44.37) | 34.29 (24.62-45.46) | 46.43 (33.71-59.63) |
| AUC | 0.757 | 0.753 | 0.779 |
| P | 0.001* | 0.001* | <0.001* |
*P<0.05. PELOD-2: Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2, VIS: Vasoactive inotropic score, AUC: Area under curve, NPV: Negative predictive value, PPV: Positive predictive value, CI: Confidence interval