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6、iews.Statistical analysisStudies were included if they assessed the accuracy ofWe tabulated true positives,false negatives,false posi.procalcitonin for differentiation between critically illtives,and true negatives in patients with sepsis andpatients with sepsis from those who have a systemicsystemic inflammatory response syndrome,stratified byinflammatory response syndrome without infection.study.We used the numbers to calculate sensitivity and
