Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of NEWS-2 and DEWS for predicting death or ICU admission within 24 h in the validation dataset
Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | False positive rate* | False negative rate* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NEWS-2 ≥ 5 | 74.2 | 83.0 | 16.5 | 0.79 |
DEWS ≥ 0.030 | 74.5 | 88.5 | 11.1 | 0.78 |
DEWS ≥ 0.020 | 82.3 | 83.3 | 16.2 | 0.54 |
NEWS-2 ≥ 7 | 47.3 | 94.7 | 5.2 | 1.61 |
DEWS ≥ 0.094 | 47.2 | 96.8 | 3.1 | 1.61 |
DEWS ≥ 0.062 | 57.5 | 94.7 | 5.2 | 1.30 |