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Table 3 Area under the curve (AUC) of ED and ICU scoring systems

From: Intensive care unit scoring systems outperform emergency department scoring systems for mortality prediction in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study

AUC (95% CI)

All population (N = 227)

MICU population (N = 152)

Score

ED data

ICU data

ED data

ICU data

REMS

0.700

0.738

0.740

0.777

(0.617, 0.782)

(0.662, 0.813)

(0.640, 0.840)

(0.687, 0.867)

MEWS

0.698

0.729

0.733

0.764

(0.621, 0.776)

(0.652, 0.806)

(0.631, 0.835)

(0.672, 0.857)

PEDS

0.709

0.712

0.744

0.730

(0.623 – 0.794)

(0.632, 0.793)

(0.633, 0.854)

(0.624, 0.836)

Seymour

0.743

0.767

0.753

0.758

(0.674, 0.813)

(0.704, 0.829)

(0.666, 0.841)

(0.678, 0.838)

APACHE II

-

0.779

-

0.833

(0.707, 0.851)

(0.757, 0.909)

APACHE III

-

0.799

-

0.841

(0.728, 0.870)

(0.766, 0.915)

SAPS II

-

0.793

-

0.830

(0.722, 0.863)

(0.751, 0.909)

  1. Confidence intervals are in parentheses. REMS Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, MEWS Modified Early Warning Score, PEDS Prince of Wales Emergency Department Score, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score.