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Table 3 Baseline characteristics at time of arrival to the EDa

From: Erratum to: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study

Variable

Total (%)

N (%)

1553 (100)

Age in years, Median (IQR)

70 (56–81)

Sex (%)

 Male

830 (53.4)

 Female

723 (46.6)

Age in age groups, yr. (%)

 18–39

147 (9.5)

 40–64

468 (30.1)

 65–84

691 (44.5)

 85+

247 (15.9)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (%)

 0

477 (30.7)

 1

589 (37.9)

 > 2

487 (31.4)

Vital variables

 Systolic blood pressure, Median (IQR)

88 (80–94)

 Diastolic blood pressure, Median (IQR)

52 (44–62)

 Heart rate, Median (IQR)

101 (88–115)

Shock Index (SI), n (%)

 SI, Median (IQR)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

 SI ≤ 0.7

68 (4.5)

 0.7 > SI ≤1

204 (13.4)

 SI >1.0

1245 (82.1)

Number of organ failures, n (%)

 1

1160 (74.7)

 2

311 (20.0)

 3+

82 (5.3)

Site of organ failure (%)

 Cardiovascular

1245 (80.2)

 Renal

333 (21.4)

 Coagulation

387 (24.9)

 Hepatic

72 (4.6)

  1. aValues expressed as total number (fraction) and medians [25 percentile-75 percentile] as appropriate