Table 1 The sensitivity and specificity for detecting patients with critical outcomes by using the 1st and 99th centiles of each reference range of the vital signs from the previously developed centiles, as well as the reference ranges of the Kobe City Emergency Transport System.
Heart rate | Respiratory rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity (%) [95% CI] | Specificity (%) [95% CI] | Sensitivity (%) [95% CI] | Specificity (%) [95% CI] | |
Healthy children1 | 57.7 [44.3; 71.1] | 67.5 [66.1; 69.0] | 54.5 [39.8; 69.3] | 67.7 [66.1; 69.3] |
Children at emergency departments2 | 40.4 [27.0; 53.7] | 85.7 [84.6; 86.8] | 40.9 [26.4; 55.4] | 77.6 [76.2; 79.1] |
Hospitalized children4 | 28.8 [16.5; 41.2] | 91.0 [90.1; 91.9] | 15.9 [5.1; 26.7] | 95.2 [94.5; 96.0] |
Kobe City Emergency Transport System | 67.3 [54.6; 80.1] | 40.6 [39.1; 42.1] | 43.2 [28.5; 57.8] | 71.4 [69.8; 72.9] |
