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Table 4 Diagnostic characteristics of some CT findings in predicting patient’s management

From: COVID-19 pandemic: CT chest in COVID-19 infection and prediction of patient’s ICU needs

Characteristics

ICU

Home

Score ≥ 14

Consolidation

Effusion

Score ≤ 10

Consolidation

Effusion

AUC

0.835

  

0.793

  

SE

0.032

  

0.026

  

95% CI

0.772-0.898

  

0.742-0.845

  

Sensitivity

63.0%

81.5%

42.6%

90.7%

86.6%

98.1%

Specificity

90.9%

81.1%

94.8%

54.8%

55.6%

27.4%

DA

86.5%

81.2%

86.5%

77.6%

75.3%

72.4%

YI

53.9%

62.6%

37.3%

45.6%

42.2%

25.6%

PPV

56.7%

44.9%

60.5%

77.8%

77.3%

70.2%

NPV

92.9%

95.9%

89.7%

77.3%

70.4%

89.5%

LR+

6.93

4.32

8.12

2.01

1.95

1.35

LR

0.41

0.23

0.61

0.17

0.24

0.07

LR

17.00

18.90

13.40

11.90

8.09

20.02

  1. AUC area under the curve, SE standard error, CI confidence interval, YI Youden’s index, DA diagnostic accuracy, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR+ positive likelihood ratio, LR− negative likelihood ratio, LR diagnostic odd ratio