Figure S1. Faganâs nomogram of PCT and P-SEP to calculate the positive/negative post-test probabilities of infection. PCT, procalcitonin; P-SEP, presepsin, LR, likelihood ratio. (TIF 2035 kb
Figure S1. Bivariate boxplots. Bivariate boxplots of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT plus CRP (C), and preseps...
Figure S3. Deekâs funnel plots. Funnel plots evaluating publication bias of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT ...
Subgroup analysis for length of hospitalization: sample size >100 and sample size <100. (TIFF 511 kb
Direct comparison by univariate meta-regression analysis. Direct comparison by univariate meta-regre...
Additional etiological findings in the patients with or without bacterial infection. (DOCX 15 kb
Table S1. The characteristics of the studies included. Table S2. The characteristics of the studies ...
Figure S2. Likelihood ratio scattergrams. Scattergrams evaluating the positive likelihood ratios in ...
Forest plot and summary statistics of studies on PCT for diagnosis of LOS and paediatric sepsis. The...
Forest plot of studies on PCT for diagnosis of sepsis in neonatal age. The forest plot represents in...
Table of included paediatric studies. (DOR, diagnostic odds ratio; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; L...
Figure S1. PâP plots of PCT and logPCT. Figure S2. AUC plots for ROC analyses. Tables S1 and S2. R...
Figure S4. Fagan diagram. A, Fagan diagram of CRP. B, Fagan diagram of PCT. C, Fagan diagram of PCT ...
Forest plot of studies on PCT for diagnosis of sepsis in paediatric age. The forest plot represents ...
Figure S1. Assessment of risk of bias in included trials. Figure S2. Forrest plot based on aggregate...
Figure S1. Scatterplots and Spearman’s coefficients assessing correlations between baseline procalci...
Figure S1. Bivariate boxplots. Bivariate boxplots of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT plus CRP (C), and preseps...
Figure S3. Deekâs funnel plots. Funnel plots evaluating publication bias of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT ...
Subgroup analysis for length of hospitalization: sample size >100 and sample size <100. (TIFF 511 kb
Direct comparison by univariate meta-regression analysis. Direct comparison by univariate meta-regre...
Additional etiological findings in the patients with or without bacterial infection. (DOCX 15 kb
Table S1. The characteristics of the studies included. Table S2. The characteristics of the studies ...
Figure S2. Likelihood ratio scattergrams. Scattergrams evaluating the positive likelihood ratios in ...
Forest plot and summary statistics of studies on PCT for diagnosis of LOS and paediatric sepsis. The...
Forest plot of studies on PCT for diagnosis of sepsis in neonatal age. The forest plot represents in...
Table of included paediatric studies. (DOR, diagnostic odds ratio; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; L...
Figure S1. PâP plots of PCT and logPCT. Figure S2. AUC plots for ROC analyses. Tables S1 and S2. R...
Figure S4. Fagan diagram. A, Fagan diagram of CRP. B, Fagan diagram of PCT. C, Fagan diagram of PCT ...
Forest plot of studies on PCT for diagnosis of sepsis in paediatric age. The forest plot represents ...
Figure S1. Assessment of risk of bias in included trials. Figure S2. Forrest plot based on aggregate...
Figure S1. Scatterplots and Spearman’s coefficients assessing correlations between baseline procalci...
Figure S1. Bivariate boxplots. Bivariate boxplots of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT plus CRP (C), and preseps...
Figure S3. Deekâs funnel plots. Funnel plots evaluating publication bias of CRP (A), PCT (B), PCT ...
Subgroup analysis for length of hospitalization: sample size >100 and sample size <100. (TIFF 511 kb