Test performance for detecting serious illness in febrile children | Sensitivity, % (95% CI) | Specificity, % (95% CI) | Positive predictive value, % | Negative predictive value, % |
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Red category only | 62.5 (35.4 to 84.8) | 64.0 (62.7 to 65.3) | 0.6 | 99.8 |
Red or amber category | 100 (79.4 to 100) | 3.0 (2.5 to 3.5) | 0.3 | 100 |
NICE = National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.