Efficacy of the quick sequential organ failure assessment for predicting clinical outcomes among community-acquired pneumonia patients presenting in the emergency department

Table 3 The characteristics for various predictors of ICU-admission in CAP patients

Variables	AUC (95% CI)	S.E	P	Cut off	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	LR+	LR-
Lac	0.745 (0.712–0.776)	0.022	< 0.001	2.3	64.37	75.18	43.3	87.3	2.59	0.47
PCT	0.641 (0.605–0.676)	0.023	< 0.001	1.0	50.00	73.98	37.2	82.8	1.92	0.68
WBC	0.563 (0.527–0.599)	0.027	0.019	18.48	28.16	85.21	36.8	79.5	1.90	0.84
CRP	0.721 (0.687–0.753)	0.023	< 0.001	44.01	59.77	75.53	42.8	86.0	2.44	0.53
qSOFA	0.712 (0.678–0.745)	0.021	< 0.001	1.0	70.11	65.32	38.2	87.7	2.02	0.46
SOFA	0.744 (0.711–0.775)	0.021	< 0.001	6.0	67.24	68.84	39.8	87.3	2.16	0.48
CURB-65	0.705 (0.671–0.738)	0.022	< 0.001	3.0	44.25	85.74	48.7	83.4	3.10	0.65

Lac lactate, PCT procalcitonin, WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive protein, qSOFA quick sequential organ failure assessment, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, CURB-65 confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure and age

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