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Table 5 Best predictive power of the D/S ratio for outcomes and two cutoff values for predicting the highest likelihood of poor and good outcomes

From: Diastolic/systolic blood pressure ratio for predicting febrile children with sepsis and progress to septic shock in the emergency department

Outcome

D/S ratio

Sensitivity

Specificity

LR+

LR−

Septic shock

0.4

0.33

0.99

29.9

0.67

0.52

0.82

0.72

2.77

0.29

0.68

1

0.12

1.14

0

28-day mortality

0.35

0.11

0.98

5.1

0.91

0.47

0.81

0.85

5.32

0.21

0.52

1

0.68

3.1

0

  1. D/S ratio, diastolic/systolic blood pressure; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; LR−, negative likelihood ratio
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