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Table 5 Predictive performances of the TOR rules for survival to discharge

From: Predictive performances of ALS and BLS termination of resuscitation rules in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for different resuscitation protocols

Characteristics

Death

Survival

Sensitivity, % (95% CI)

Specificity, % (95% CI)

FPR, % (95% CI)

PPV, % (95% CI)

NPV, % (95% CI)

BLS TOR rule

 The Group of 2015

851

32

86.7 (84.2–88.9)

40.6 (24.2–52.9)

59.4 (47.1–75.8)

97.5 (96.0–98.4)

10.3 (5.8–17.3)

 Met criteria

738

19

 Not met criteria

113

13

 The Group of 2020

546

26

78.8 (75.0–82.1)

69.2 (48.1–84.9)

30.8 (15.1–51.9)

98.2 (96.3–99.1)

13.4 (8.4–20.7)

 Met criteria

430

8

 Not met criteria

116

18

ALS TOR rule

 The Group of 2015

353

24

34.6 (29.7–39.8)

91.7 (71.5–98.5)

8.3 (1.5–28.5)

98.4 (93.7–99.7)

8.7 (5.7–13.0)

 Met criteria

122

2

 Not met criteria

231

22

 The Group of 2020

383

24

27.2 (22.8–32.0)

100.0 (82.8–100.0)

0 (0.0–17.2)

100.0 (95.6–100.0)

7.9 (5.2–11.7)

 Met criteria

104

0

 Not met criteria

279

24

  1. TOR Termination Of Resuscitation, CI Confidence Interval, FPR False-Positive Rate, PPV Positive Predictive Value, NPV Negative Predictive Value, BLS Basic Life Support, ALS Advanced Life Support