Table 1

Diagnostic accuracy of sTREM-1 determination in sepsis

Setting [ref.]

sTREM-1 threshold (pg/ml)

Sensitivity (% [95% CI])

Specificity (% [95% CI])

Positive likelihood ratio

Area under the ROC curve (95% CI)

Pneumonia [26]

5

98 (95–100)

90 (84–96)

10.4

0.93 (0.92–0.95)

Sepsis [25]

60

96 (92–100)

89 (82–95)

8.6

0.97 (0.94–1.00)

CI, confidence interval; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; sTREM, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells.

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