Research Article
Abnormal Admission Chest X-Ray and MEWS as ICU Outcome Predictors in a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study
Table 3
Chest X-ray and categorical MEWS as predictor of mortality.
| Mortality predictor | Mortality | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV (%) | NPV (%) | Dead
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| Chest X-ray status | | | | | | | Abnormal | 34 | 30 | | | | | Normal | 7 | 16 | 82.93 | 34.78 | 53.13 | 69.57 |
| MEWS | | | | | | | <5 | 2 | 11 | | | | | ≥5 | 37 | 36 | 90.24 | 23.40 | 50.68 | 84.62 |
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