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Table 4 Clinical decision rule Odds Ratios (continuous variable PCT)

From: Prospective cohort study of procalcitonin levels in children with cancer presenting with febrile neutropenia

Rule

Risk

OR of severe infection compared to ‘low’ risk group

[95% CI]

Department

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

Intermediate

0.239

[0.0116, 6.9]

 

High

0.240

[0.0152, 6.4]

 

logPCT

23.3

[4.0, 265]

Ammann

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

High

1.72

[0.176, 38.1]

 

logPCT

15.5

[2.78, 166]

Rackoff

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

Intermediate

0.86

[0.083, 16.9]

 

High

0.185

[0.00287, 7.1]

 

logPCT

27.1

[4.2, 398]

SPOG

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

High

2.86

[0.45, 23.9]

 

logPCT

17.1

[3.52, 160]

Alexander

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

High

0.49

[0.058, 3.39]

 

logPCT

22.9

[3.05, 258]

PINDA

Low

1.0

[Reference value]

 

High

1.60

[0.205, 11.2]

 

logPCT

15.4

[2.58, 160]