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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity values for various PIPAS severity score cut-off values for predicting in-hospital mortality of peritonitis

From: Comparison of the PIPAS severity score tool and the QSOFA criteria for predicting in-hospital mortality of peritonitis in a tertiary hospital in Uganda: a prospective cohort study

 

PIPAS severity score tool

qSOFA score tool

Cut-off scores

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden’s index

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden’s index

≥ 0 score

100

0.00

0.19

100

0.00

-

≥ 1 score

100

19.3

0.19

88.2

19.3

0.08

≥ 2 scores*

76.5

93.3

0.70

58.8

98.3

0.57

≥ 3 score

70.6

99.2

0.70

29.4

100

0.29

≥ 4 score

35.3

100

0.35

-

-

-

  1. *Optimum cut-off score value for predicting in-hospital mortality of peritonitis
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