The Diagnostic Evaluation of the SINEH Cardiopulmonary Triage Scale and the Emergency Severity Index in the Emergency Department: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Diagnostic evaluation of triage scales based on admission unit and hospital stay.

Triage scale	Based on admission in CCU and ICU vs IU and discharged from ED		Based on length of hospital stay (>12 hours vs <12 hours)
	SinTS	ESI	SinTS	ESI
Sensitivity	0.86 (72.65–94.83)	95.4 (84.5–99.4)	76.25 (65.42–85.05)	96.25 (89.43–99.22)
Specificity	63.37 (53.19–72.73)	5.94 (2.21–12.48)	78.46 (66.51–87.69)	7.69 (2.54–17.05)
PPV	50.26 (38.47–62.02)	30.31 (22.75–38.74)	55.43 (43.5–66.92)	26.81 (19.61–35.05)
NPV	91.56 (82.43–96.87)	75.31 (35.19–96.92)	93.39 (80.96–96.13)	85.38 (45.06–99.41)
Accuracy	72.27 (62.12–77.56)	32.79 (25.23–41.07)	77.89 (70.25–84.35)	30.72 (23.33–38.91)