From: Predicting mortality in sick African children: the FEAST Paediatric Emergency Triage (PET) Score
 |  | FEAST (data from the control (no fluid bolus) arm only) (n = 1044) | Kilifi High Dependency Ward (n = 1058) | Kilifi General Admissions (n = 5107) | ||||||
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Score | Variables included | Number with score (% died) | AUROC (95 % CI) e | Hosmer-Lemeshow test (P value) | Number with score (% died) | AUROC (95 % CI) e | Hosmer-Lemeshow test (P value) | Number with score (% died) | AUROC (95 % CI) e | Hosmer-Lemeshow test (P value) |
FEAST PET score | Axillary temperature, heart rate, capillary refill time, conscious level, deep breathing, respiratory distress, lung crepitations, weak pulse | 1024 (7 %) | 0.82 (0.77–0.87) | 0.56 | 1053 (9 %) | 0.77 (0.72–0.82) | 0.30 | 5098 (2 %) | 0.86 (0.82–0.89) | 0.50 |
Bedside PEWS score a | Heart rate, capillary refill time, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure | 1000 (9 %) | 0.64 (0.56–0.71) | 0.46 | 1053 (9 %) | 0.69 (0.64–0.75) | 0.56 | 5094 (2 %) | 0.74 (0.69–0.79) | 0.22 |
PRISM III score b | Heart rate, temperature, conscious level, systolic blood pressure, glucose, potassium, PCO 2 , pH, acidosis, pupillary reflexes | 627 (6 %) | 0.71 (0.61–0.81) | 0.26 | 1056 (9 %) | 0.69 (0.64–0.74) | 0.10 | 5099 (2 %) | 0.77 (0.73–0.82) | 0.01 |
AQUAMAT score c (overall) | Conscious level, chronic disease, convulsions, BUN, and base excess | 648 (5 %) | 0.74 (0.65–0.83) | 0.84 | 1011 (9 %) | 0.62 (0.56–0.68) | 0.79 | 4964 (2 %) | 0.73 (0.68–0.78) | 0.04 |
AQUAMAT score c (malaria positive only) | Conscious level, chronic disease, convulsions, BUN, and base excess | 360 (3 %) | 0.80 (0.68–0.93) | 0.65 | 355 (6 %) | 0.54 (0.42–0.66) | 0.83 | 781 (3 %) | 0.60 (0.49–0.72) | 0.41 |
PEDIA Immediate death score d | Anaemia, jaundice, indrawing, deep breathing, conscious level, convulsions/seizures, temperature | 1007 (3 %) | 0.75 (0.68–0.83) | 0.64 | 680 (4 %) | 0.79 (0.71–0.87) | 0.47 | 3504 (1 %) | 0.89 (0.84–0.94) | 0.15 |
PEDIA Early death score d | Jaundice, indrawing, conscious level, convulsions/seizures, wasting, kwashiorkor | 1003 (4 %) | 0.70 (0.63–0.77) | 0.02 | 1016 (9 %) | 0.69 (0.63–0.76) | 0.76 | 5071 (2 %) | 0.84 (0.78–0.89) | 0.08 |
PEDIA Late death score d | History >7 days, conscious level, convulsions/seizures, temperature, wasting, kwashiorkor | 959 (1 %) | 0.55 (0.40–0.69) | 0.35 | 664 (10 %) | 0.66 (0.60–0.73) | 0.34 | 3472 (2 %) | 0.72 (0.66–0.77) | 0.08 |
LODS | Deep breathing, coma and prostration | 1038 | 0.77 (0.72–0.82) | 0.38 | 1057 (9 %) | 0.76 (0.71–0.81) | 0.62 | 5103 | 0.87 (0.83–0.90) | 0.74 |