Research Article

The Value of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Parameters in the Early Diagnosis and Clinical Prognosis of Sepsis

Table 8

Predictive value of leukocyte parameters for clinical outcome in patients with sepsis.

Leukocyte parametersAUC (95% CI)Cut-offSe (%)Sq (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)

WBC on discharged0.900 (0.714–1.000)10.2690.00100.00100.0090.91
LY-X on discharged0.743 (0.579–0.907)81.1080.0077.1077.7579.40
PCT on admission0.581 (0.392–0.771)0.5991.0078.5080.8989.71
PCT discharged0.693 (0.452–0.933)0.2570.0074.3073.1571.24
WBC + LY-X on discharged0.900 (0.714–1.000)0.58090.00100.00100.0090.91

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CI, confidence interval; Se, sensitivity, Sp, specificity; PPV, positive pretest value; NPV, negative pretest value.