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Table 2 Baseline characteristics by triage code category

From: Poor performance of quick-SOFA (qSOFA) score in predicting severe sepsis and mortality – a prospective study of patients admitted with infection to the emergency department

Variable

n (% missing)

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Yellow

Orange

Red

n = 146

n = 671

n = 609

n = 109

n (% of category)

n (% of category)

n (% of category)

n (% of category)

Male sex

1535 (0%)

79 (54.1)

343 (51.1)

330 (54.2)

61 (56.0)

Age category

1535 (0%)

    

  < 70

 

80 (54.8)

458 (68.2)

397 (65.2)

59 (54.1)

 70-79

 

25 (17.1)

65 (9.7)

76 (12.5)

21 (19.3)

  ≥ 80

 

41 (28.1)

148 (22.1)

136 (22.3)

29 (26.6)

Glasgow Coma Scale <15

1492 (2.8)

5 (3.6)

17 (2.6)

20 (3.4)

12 (12.0)

  

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Age (years)

1535 (0.0)

67 (39-80)

59 (38-76)

62 (44-77)

66 (43-80)

Respiratory Rate (min-1)

1500 (2.2)

16 (15-20)

18 (16-20)

20 (18-24)

30 (24-36)

Heart Rate (min-1)

1518 (1.1)

81 (72-88)

83 (73-94)

93 (80-105)

105 (90-122)

Temperature (°C)

1518 (1.1)

105 (90-122)

37.1 (36.7-37.5)

37.7 (37.0-38.6)

38.2 (37.2-39.1)

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

1522 (0.8)

135 (125-151)

133 (120-148)

130 (116-143)

128 (107-149)

Creatinine (mmol/L)

1491 (2.8)

74 (62-86)

72 (57-88)

76 (62-103)

86 (62-114)

Saturation (SpO2 %)

1492 (2.8)

98 (96-99)

98 (96-99)

97 (95-99)

95 (90-98)

  1. IQR Interquartile range (25-75% percentile)