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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Predicting deterioration of patients with early sepsis at the emergency department using continuous heart rate variability analysis: a model-based approach

 

Stable organ dysfunction (SOD)

Progressive organ dysfunction (POD)

No organ dysfunction (NOD)

p

N

38

11

119

 

Female (%)

12 (31.6)

4 (36.4)

56 (47.1)

0.22

Age (years)

65 [53, 75]

73 [62, 81]

63 [51, 74]

0.14

Heartrate (bpm)

106 [91, 119]

107 [96, 117]

106 [95, 115]

0.93

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

120 [102, 130]

111 [96, 127]

129 [116, 144]

 < 0.01

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73 [60, 85]

66 [61, 71]

75 [70, 85]

0.02

Mean Arterial Pressure (mmHg)

87 [73, 100]

80 [74, 90]

93 [87, 102]

0.01

Respiratory Rate (bpm)

23 [19, 26]

27 [24, 26]

20 [18, 25]

0.14

Peripheral oxygen saturation, SpO2 (%)

96 [94, 98]

96 [91, 98]

96 [95, 98]

0.87

Body temperature (deg C)

38.4 [37.1, 38.9]

38.0 [36.7, 38.5]

38.3 [37.5, 39.2]

0.18

Betablockers (%)

16 (42.1)

1 (9.1)

29 (24.4)

0.05

RAAS blocking (%)

10 (26.3)

3 (27.3)

28 (23.5)

0.87

Diuretics (%)

13 (34.2)

3 (27.3)

27 (22.7)

0.35

Antihypertensives (%)

7 (18.4)

0 (0.0)

15 (12.6)

0.35

Systemic steroids (%)

15 (39.5)

3 (27.3)

38 (31.9)

0.69

Immunosuppressives (%)

12 (31.6)

3 (27.3)

28 (23.5)

0.59

Antibiotics (%)

10 (26.3)

3 (27.3)

30 (25.2)

1.00

  1. Vital parameters were measured upon arrival at the ED. The table shows median and interquartile range (IQR) between brackets for continuous variables and absolute number and percentage for categorical variables. For continuous variables a Kruskal Wallis test was used to test differences between groups and for categorical variables Fisher’s exact test was used. P-values printet bold are below 0.05