Serum Cortisol as a Predictor of Major Adverse Pulmonary Event in Emergency Department Acutely Dyspneic Patients

Table 3

The ROC curve analyses for MAPE.

	Cortisol,	Sensitivity,	Specificity,	+LR	-LR	AUC
	g/dl	(95 CI)	(95 CI)	(95 CI)	(95 CI)	(95 CI)
MAPE	31.4	70.8	79.4	3.43	0.37	0.76 (0.65-0.84)
		(48.9-87.3)	(67.3-88.5)	(2.6-4.6)	(0.2-0.8)
ETI in the ED	46.3	83.3	92.6	11.25	0.18	0.88 (0.79-0.94)
		(36.1-97.2)	(84.6-97.2)	(7.8-16.2)	(0.03-1.3)
ICU admission	31.4	73.7	76.5	3.13	0.34	0.78 (0.68-0.86)
		(48.8-90.8)	(64.6-85.9)	(2.3-4.2)	(0.1-0.8)
In-hospital all-cause mortality	31.9	100	74.7	3.95	0	0.92 (0.84-0.97)
		(62.9-100)	(63.6-83.8)	(3.5-4.5)

CI, confidence interval; ETI, endotracheal intubation; ICU, intensive care unit.