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

Table 4 The characteristics for various predictors of ARDS in CAP patients

Variables	AUC (95% CI)	S.E	P	Cut off	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	LR+	LR-
Lac	0.690 (0.655–0.723)	0.023	< 0.001	2.1	61.59	69.20	36.2	86.4	2.00	0.56
PCT	0.662 (0.627–0.696)	0.023	< 0.001	0	68.29	59.48	32.5	86.8	1.69	0.53
WBC	0.531 (0.494–0.567)	0.027	0.260	12.6	51.83	58.48	26.2	81.1	1.25	0.82
CRP	0.587 (0.550–0.622)	0.025	0.001	40.8	71.34	42.91	26.2	84.1	1.25	0.67
qSOFA	0.730 (0.697–0.762)	0.021	< 0.001	1.0	75.61	66.26	38.9	90.5	2.24	0.37
SOFA	0.724 (0.690–0.756)	0.022	< 0.001	5.0	74.39	62.63	36.1	89.6	1.99	0.41
CURB-65	0.749 (0.716–0.780)	0.022	< 0.001	3.0	52.44	87.54	54.4	86.6	4.21	0.54

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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