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Table 2 Comparison of area under curve (AUC) for the different PaO2/FIO2 ratios and scores

From: Evaluation of the PaO2/FiO2 ratio after cardiac surgery as a predictor of outcome during hospital stay

 

AUC ± SD% (95% CI)

Cut-off levels

Sensitivity

Specificity

Pvalue

PaO2/FIO2 ratio on admission

58.8 ± 8.8 (54.6 - 66.9)

314

63%

58%

0.001

PaO2/FIO2 ratio at 3 h

77.2 ± 2.9 (71.2 - 82.8)

255

81%

69%

<0.001

PaO2/FIO2 ratio at 6 h

67.3 ± 3.2 (60.9 - 73.6)

301

61%

68%

<0.001

PaO2/FIO2 ratio at 12 h

71.1 ± 3.2 (64.9 - 77.6)

265

70%

64%

<0.001

PaO2/FIO2 ratio at 24 h

63.4 ± 3.3 (57.0 - 69.8)

300

62%

57%

<0.001

EuroSCORE

71.1 ± 4.4 (62.5 - 79.7)

6.5

69.4%

56.3%

<0.001

Parsonnet

68.7 ± 5.1 (58.8 - 78.7)

12.5

63.9%

66.4%

<0.001

SAPS II

78.5 ± 4 (70.6 - 86.4)

27.5

80.6%

70%

<0.001

APACHE II

82 ± 3.9 (74.4 - 89.6)

13.5

72.2%

63.3%

<0.001

APACHE III

79.6 ± 4.5 (70.8 - 88.4)

51.5

75%

62.1%

<0.001

  1. PaO2/FiO2 ratio: Arterial partial pressure of O2 and fraction of inspired oxygen ratio. EuroSCORE: European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation. SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score. APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.
  2. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or percentage.
  3. Comparison of area under curve (AUC) for the different PaO2/FIO2 ratios and scores.