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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Derivation and internal validation of the screening to enhance prehospital identification of sepsis (SEPSIS) score in adults on arrival at the emergency department

Variable

Derivation

n = 16,063 (70%)

Validation

n = 6,882 (30%)

Location

 Home, n (%)

11,408 (71)

4,964 (72)

 Nursing home, n (%)

1,028 (6)

414 (6)

 Other, n (%)

3,627 (23)

1,504 (22)

Age (years), mean (SD)

63 (21)

62 (21)

Gender

 Male, n (%)

7,884 (49)

3,346 (49)

Respirations (breaths/min), mean (SD)

20 (6)

20 (6)

Oxygen saturation (%), mean (SD)

96 (5)

96 (5)

Heart rate (beats/min), mean (SD)

92 (24)

92 (24)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD)

133 (27)

133 (27)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD)

78 (17)

78 (17)

Temperature (°C), mean (SD)

36.8 (0.9)

36.8 (0.9)

Blood sugar (mmol/L), mean (SD)

7.0 (3.4)

7.0 (3.3)

Glasgow Coma Score, median (IQR)

15 (15–15)

15 (15–15)

Capillary bed refill time

 Normal (< 2 s), n (%)

15,319 (95)

6,567 (95)

 Delayed (> 2 s), n (%)

744 (5)

315 (5)

Skin

 Normal, n (%)

10,366 (73)

5,320 (77)

 Pallor, n (%)

2,669 (19)

1,037 (15)

 Flushed, n (%)

856 (6)

359 (5)

 Cyanosed, n (%)

181 (1)

83 (1)

 Jaundice, n (%)

92 (0.6)

51 (0.7)

 Mottled, n (%)

53 (0.4)

20 (0.2)

 Rash, n (%)

21 (0.1)

12 (0.1)

Pupil size (mm), median (IQR)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

Pupil reaction

 Brisk, n (%)

13,447 (93)

6,462 (94)

 Sluggish, n (%)

923 (6)

381 (6)

 Fixed, n (%)

128 (0.8)

39 (0.5)

NICE risk

 No risk (no infection), n (%)

13,083 (81.4)

5,607 (81.5)

 Infection, n(%)

2980 (18.6)

1275 (18.5)

 Low risk, n (%)

1,048 (6.5)

448 (6.5)

 Moderate risk, n (%)

1,339 (8.3)

573 (8.3)

 High risk, n (%)

593 (3.7)

254 (3.7)