Table 2 Accuracies, sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values for NEWS, qSOFA, MEWS, REMS, and RAPS in predicting ICU admission.
Non-ICU Median (IQR) | ICU Median (IQR) | Optimal cut-off | Accuracy | Sen | Sp | PPV | NPV | False + ve | False −ve | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NEWS | 2 (1,3) | 6 (4,8) | 3 | 73.85% | 95.24% | 63.64% | 55.56% | 96.55% | 24.73% | 1.52% |
qSOFA | 0 (0,1) | 1 (0,2) | 1 | 69.23% | 71.43% | 68.18% | 51.72% | 83.33% | 21.64% | 9.14% |
MEWS | 2 (1,3) | 4 (2,5) | 4 | 72.31% | 57.14% | 79.55% | 57.14% | 79.55% | 13.91% | 13.71% |
REMS | 5 (3,6) | 6 (4,9) | 7 | 73.85% | 47.62% | 86.36% | 62.50% | 77.55% | 9.27% | 16.76% |
RAPS | 2 (0,2) | 3 (2,4) | 4 | 76.92% | 42.86% | 93.18% | 75.00% | 77.36% | 4.64% | 18.29% |