Table 2 Characteristics of critically ill (modified early warning scrore, mEWS > 3) and non-critically ill (mEWS ≤ 3) patients

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