Table 4 Cases of sepsis detected with the software application compared to health record review.

From: Validation of a software application using electronic health records for automatic detection of community onset sepsis

 

Group A (n = 140)

Cases considered to have sepsis according to the software application (infection likely, SOFA score ≥ 2)

Group B (n = 143)

Cases not considered to have sepsis according to the software application (infection likely, SOFA score < 2)

Group C (n = 143)

Cases not considered to have sepsis according to the software application (serious infection or sepsis not likely)

Sepsis according to health record review (i.e. “true sepsis”)

 Yes

129 (true positive)

4 (false positive)

1 (false positive)

 No

11 (false positive)

139 (true negative)

142 (true negative)

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