mEWS > 3 (N = 18) | mEWS ≤ 3 (N = 194) | p-value | |
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Characteristics | |||
Age (years, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 65.49 (35.32-76.64, 47.12–68.50) | 57.15 (40.01-71.25, 53.65-59.06) | 0.7072 |
Sex (males, %, 95% CI) | 5 (27.78, 12.17-51.20) | 104 (53.61, 46.59-60.49) | 0.0478 |
Systolic BP (mmHg, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 108 (95–139, 98.14-134.1) | 131 (119–151, 133.0-139.7) | 0.0013 |
Heart rate (min-1, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 103 (75–117, 87.47-115.0) | 75 (64–84, 72.53-76.53) | 0.0008 |
Respiratory rate (min-1, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 20 (14–24, 16.64-22.65) | 16 (14–20, 16.87-18.14) | 0.1156 |
Tympanic temperature (°C, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 36.5 (36.0-37.8, 35.43-37.57) | 36.8 (36.4-37.1, 36.71-36.87) | 0.4290 |
Temperature difference between tympanum and finger (°C, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 8.5 (4.9-10.5, 6.303-9.486) | 6.7 (4.8-9.3, 6.560-7.352) | 0.2290 |
mEWS (points, median, IQR) | 5 (4–5) | 1 (1–2) | < 0.0001 |
Death during hospital stay (n, %, 95% CI) | 0 (0, 0–20.67) | 1 (0.515, 0.01-3.16) | > 0.9999 |
Required intensive care during hospital stay (n, %, 95% CI) | 4 (22.22, 8.47 – 45.75) | 14 (7.216, 4.26-11.84) | 0.0524 |
Transferred to OR (n, %, 95% CI) | 5 (27.78, 12.17-51.20) | 12 (6.186, 3.47-10.60) | 0.0014 |
Transferred to another hospital (n, %, 95% CI) | 6 (33.33, 16.10-56.43) | 20 (10.31, 6.71-15.45) | 0.0049 |
Transferred to a ward (n, %, 95% CI) | 4 (22.22, 8.47-45.75) | 53 (27.32, 21.52-34.00) | 0.6261 |
Discharged from ED (n, %, 95% CI) | 6 (33.33, 16.10-56.43) | 97 (50.00, 43.03-56.97) | 0.1648 |
Intubated in the ED (n, %, 95% CI) | 4 (22.22, 8.47-45.75) | 0 (0.0, 0.0-2.34) | < 0.0001 |
Invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the ED (n, %, 95% CI) | 6 (33.33, 16.10-56.43) | 6 (3.093, 1.27-6.74) | < 0.0001 |
Intravenous fluid replacement (ml, median, IQR, 95% CI) | 1560 (763–4050, 1246–4022) | 125 (0–1090, 564–888) | < 0.0001 |