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Table 2 Comparison between clinical sepsis and procalcitonin-based sepsis

From: Diagnostic and prognostic utilities of multimarkers approach using procalcitonin, B-type natriuretic peptide, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis

 

PCT-based sepsis

Kappa (95% CI)

Negative (n = 190)

Positive (n = 150)

Clinical sepsis

   

Negative (n = 221)

144

77

 

Positive (n = 119)

46

73

 
 

0.2425 (0.1398 – 0.3453)

  1. P = 0.0071 (McNemar test).
  2. The critically ill patients with suspected sepsis were diagnosed on the basis of clinical diagnostic criteria of sepsis (e.g. SIRS) [17].
  3. PCT: procalcitonin; CI: confidence interval.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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