Table 2 Characteristics of the 323 ambulance patients with suspected infection and the 144 patients with sepsis
Variable | All patients | Patients with outcome sepsis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number* (%*) | Median (IQR) | Number* (%*) | Median (IQR) | |
Age (yr) | 78 (72–85) | 78 (70–84) | ||
< 65 years | 36/323 (11.1) | 18/144 (12.5) | ||
65–74 years | 78/323 (24.1) | 39/144 (27.1) | ||
≥ 75 years | 209/323 (64.7) | 87/144 (60.4) | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 189/323 (58.5) | 90/144 (62.5) | ||
Ambulance priority | ||||
1 | 62/320 (19.4) | 48/143 (33.6) | ||
2 | 222/320 (69.4) | 88/143 (61.5) | ||
3 | 36/320 (11.3) | 7/143 (4.9) | ||
Admitted to in-hospital care | 273/323 (84.5) | 139/144 (96.5) | ||
Outcome | ||||
Sepsis | 144/323 (44.6) | |||
No sepsis | 179/323 (55.4) | |||
Septic shocka | 17/138 (12.3) | |||
ICD-code upon hospital discharge | ||||
ICD-code sepsis | 29/321 (9.0) | 24/142 (16.9) | ||
ICD-code infection | 211/321 (65.7) | 118/142 (83.1) | ||
In-hospital mortality | 21/323 (6.5) | 15/144 (10.4) | ||