Table 3 Reasons for delayed complications and predictive accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) for these complications
(n = 751) | Predictive accuracy of PCT for delayed complications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Incidence (n) | PCT | AUC | 95% CI | p value | Cutoff (ng/ml) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | |
Respiratory failure | 16 | 7.6 ± 10.1 | 0.90 | 0.85–0.95 | <0.001 | >3.1 | 81 | 90 |
Cardiac arrhythmia | 40 | 6.0 ± 7.3 | 0.90 | 0.84–0.95 | <0.001 | >2.3 | 90 | 87 |
Other complications | 21 | 12.8 ± 17.3 | 0.89 | 0.79–0.99 | <0.001 | >3.0 | 86 | 89 |
Infection | ||||||||
Instability or sepsis | 44 | 11.5 ± 17.8 | 0.89 | 0.82–0.95 | <0.001 | >2.3 | 86 | 87 |
SIRS/sepsis | 29 | 4.4 ± 4.8 | 0.75 | 0.62–0.87 | <0.001 | >1.3 | 74 | 71 |