Fig 1.
The PRISMA flow chart of literature screening and selection process.
Table 1.
Characteristics of include studies.
Table 2.
Diagnostic and Detection Characteristics of Included Studies.
Table 3.
Pooled Performance of PCT, Lactate, qSOFA, LqSOFA, and SOFA in Predicting Sepsis Patient Mortality.
Fig 2.
HSROC curve for predicting mortality in patients with sepsis.
(a) PCT; (b) Lactate; (c)) qSOFA; (d) Lqsofa; (f) Sofa.
Fig 3.
Fagan nomogram of pretest probability and negative posttest probability.
(a) PCT; (b) Lactate; (c))qSOFA; (d)Lqsofa; (f)Sofa.
Table 4.
Subgroup Analyses of Pooled Diagnostic Performance of LqSOFA in Predicting Sepsis Patient Mortality.
Fig 4.
Forest Plot of Pooled AUROC Differences.
(a) Sofa vs PCT; (b) Sofa vs Lactate; (c)) Sofa vs qSOFA; (d) Sofa vs Lqsofa; (f) Lqsofa vs qsofa.