Base Excess and Platelet Count (BEP) Score of Couto-Alves for Pediatric Meningococcal Sepsis

Patient selection: pediatric patient with meningococcal sepsis

Outcome: sepsis

Parameters:

(1) base excess in mmol/L

(2) platelet count in 10^9/L

X =

= (-0.18909 * (base excess)) - (0.01015 * (platelet count)) - 3.07861

probability of death =

= 1 / (1 + EXP((-1) * X))

Performance:

• The area under teh ROC curve is 0.96.