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Table 3 Comparison of Sepsis Scoring Systems against Positive Culturea for pregnant women (N = 75) diagnosed with probable sepsis in maternity wards of 3 hospitals of a health board in Scotland

From: Sepsis scoring systems and use of the Sepsis six care bundle in maternity hospitals

Characteristics

Sepsis Scoring Systems for Maternity Care

% (95%CI)b

Maternity SIRS

qSOFAc

MEWS

Sensitivity

0.655 (0.643–0.668)

0

0.690 (0.678–0.702)

Specificity

0.391 (0.379–0.404)

0.957 (0.951–0.962)

0.304 (0.292–0.316)

PPV

0.404 (0.391–0.417)

0

0.385 (0.372–0.397)

NPV

0.643 (0.630–0.655)

0.603 (0.589–0.603)

0.609 (0.596–0.621)

AUROC

0.524 (0.388–0.659)

0.301 (0.045–0.558)

0.497 (0.354–0.639)

  1. a29 patients had a positive culture; b CI Confidence Interval; cOnly 2 patients had qSOFA score of 2 and both had negative cultures