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Calibration and discrimination for the scoring methods in predicting hospital mortality.Calibration Goodness-of-fit (x )Discrimination dfpAUROC E95 CIpRIFLE-R (n = 68)MBRS SOFA MELD 3.349 5.969 7.658 3 8 8 0.341 0.651 0.468 0.81060.077 0.67360.089 0.62160.100 0.660?.961 0.498?.848 0.424?.817 0.001 0.074 0.RIFLE-I (n = 33)MBRS SOFA MELD 0.466 2.234 3.504 3 8 6 0.926 0.973 0.743 0.87360.103 0.84560.099 0.76460.123 0.670?.000 0.650?.000 0.522?.000 0.020 0.031 0.RIFLE-F (n = 89)MBRS SOFA MELD 1.193 2.939 4.880 2 8 8 0.551 0.938 0.770 0.93360.031 0.91160.042 0.85160.061 0.872?.994 0.828?.994 0.732?.970 ,0.001 ,0.001 ,0.Overall (n = 190)MBRS SOFA MELD Child-Pugh points APACHE II APACHE III RIFLE 1.160 5.342 4.658 7.740 4.574 12.531 0.329 3 8 8 5 8 8 1 0.763 0.721 0.793 0.171 0.802 0.129 0.566 0.86360.032 0.84860.029 0.77660.047 0.62260.065* 0.68660.053* 0.79360.045 0.67960.*0.801?.925 0.791?.906 0.683?.868 0.496?.749 0.583?.789 0.705?.881 0.679?.,0.001 ,0.001 ,0.001 0.047 0.003 ,0.001 ,0.Abbreviation: MBRS, mean arterial pressure, bilirubin, respiratory failure and sepsis; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; df, degree of freedom; RIFLE, risk of renal failure, injury to kidney, failure of kidney function, loss of kidney function, and end-stage renal failure; AUROC, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve; SE, standard error; CI, confidence intervals; NS, not significant. 18297096 *p,0.05 versus MBRS score. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051094.tadmission to the ICU are significantly associated with in-hospital mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients with AKI (Table 3). The MBRS score showed better discriminatory power than the ChildPugh points, MELD, APACHE II, III, and SOFA scores (Table 4). The MBRS score had the best Youden index and the highest overall correctness of prediction (Table 6). Our previous study showed the good discriminative power and independent predictive value of the MBRS scoring system in accurately predicting in-hospital mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients with AKI [11]. The results of this study confirm these Table 5. Correlation between scoring systems on the first day of ICU admission (Spearman rank correlation coefficients: r).Scores Child-Pugh points MBRS MELD APACHE II APACHE IIIMBRS 0.308** -MELD 0.436** 0.450** -APACHE II 0.048 0.239** 0.141 -APACHE III SOFA 0.231* 0.375** 0.372** 0.682** 0.357** 0.573** 0.536** 0.530** 0.693**Abbreviation: MBRS, mean arterial pressure, bilirubin, respiratory failure and sepsis; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment. *p,0.05; **p,0.01. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051094.tobservations by showing that 1379592 the MBRS score is a simple, reproducible, and easy-to-apply evaluation tool and has good Title Loaded From File prognostic value. This can help generate objective information for patients’ families and physicians and supplement the judgments of clinical prognosis. 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Calibration and discrimination for the scoring methods in predicting hospital mortality.Calibration Goodness-of-fit (x )Discrimination dfpAUROC E95 CIpRIFLE-R (n = 68)MBRS SOFA MELD 3.349 5.969 7.658 3 8 8 0.341 0.651 0.468 0.81060.077 0.67360.089 0.62160.100 0.660?.961 0.498?.848 0.424?.817 0.001 0.074 0.RIFLE-I (n = 33)MBRS SOFA MELD 0.466 2.234 3.504 3 8 6 0.926 0.973 0.743 0.87360.103 0.84560.099 0.76460.123 0.670?.000 0.650?.000 0.522?.000 0.020 0.031 0.RIFLE-F (n = 89)MBRS SOFA MELD 1.193 2.939 4.880 2 8 8 0.551 0.938 0.770 0.93360.031 0.91160.042 0.85160.061 0.872?.994 0.828?.994 0.732?.970 ,0.001 ,0.001 ,0.Overall (n = 190)MBRS SOFA MELD Child-Pugh points APACHE II APACHE III RIFLE 1.160 5.342 4.658 7.740 4.574 12.531 0.329 3 8 8 5 8 8 1 0.763 0.721 0.793 0.171 0.802 0.129 0.566 0.86360.032 0.84860.029 0.77660.047 0.62260.065* 0.68660.053* 0.79360.045 0.67960.*0.801?.925 0.791?.906 0.683?.868 0.496?.749 0.583?.789 0.705?.881 0.679?.,0.001 ,0.001 ,0.001 0.047 0.003 ,0.001 ,0.Abbreviation: MBRS, mean arterial pressure, bilirubin, respiratory failure and sepsis; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; df, degree of freedom; RIFLE, risk of renal failure, injury to kidney, failure of kidney function, loss of kidney function, and end-stage renal failure; AUROC, areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve; SE, standard error; CI, confidence intervals; NS, not significant. 18297096 *p,0.05 versus MBRS score. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051094.tadmission to the ICU are significantly associated with in-hospital mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients with AKI (Table 3). The MBRS score showed better discriminatory power than the ChildPugh points, MELD, APACHE II, III, and SOFA scores (Table 4). The MBRS score had the best Youden index and the highest overall correctness of prediction (Table 6). Our previous study showed the good discriminative power and independent predictive value of the MBRS scoring system in accurately predicting in-hospital mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients with AKI [11]. The results of this study confirm these Table 5. Correlation between scoring systems on the first day of ICU admission (Spearman rank correlation coefficients: r).Scores Child-Pugh points MBRS MELD APACHE II APACHE IIIMBRS 0.308** -MELD 0.436** 0.450** -APACHE II 0.048 0.239** 0.141 -APACHE III SOFA 0.231* 0.375** 0.372** 0.682** 0.357** 0.573** 0.536** 0.530** 0.693**Abbreviation: MBRS, mean arterial pressure, bilirubin, respiratory failure and sepsis; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment. *p,0.05; **p,0.01. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051094.tobservations by showing that 1379592 the MBRS score is a simple, reproducible, and easy-to-apply evaluation tool and has good prognostic value. This can help generate objective information for patients’ families and physicians and supplement the judgments of clinical prognosis. Patients with cirrhosis are known to exhibit characteristic hyperdynamic circulation with secondary increase in heart rate and cardiac output and decrease in systemic vascular resistance, arterial blood pressure, and organ perfusion [26?8]. The fall.