TABLE 2.
Admission location | Time until ICU upgrade | |||||
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Ward‐first, n = 75 | ICU‐direct, n = 82 | p‐Value | <2 days, n = 25 | ≥2 days, n = 50 | p‐Value | |
Symptom duration (days) a | 7 (4, 9) | 8 (6, 12) | 0.109 | 6 (5, 9) | 7 (4, 10) | 0.618 |
ED mortality prediction | ||||||
4C score | 9 (6, 12) | 11 (7, 13) | 0.023 | 10 (7, 13) | 10 (7, 11) | 0.492 |
ICU mortality prediction | ||||||
SAPS‐III score | 60 (54, 67) | 59 (54, 69) | 0.928 | 62 (53, 67) | 58 (55, 68) | 0.860 |
Note: Values are expressed as median with interquartile range (Q1, Q3).
Bold value indicates the statistically significant.
Patients with unknown duration of symptoms were excluded from symptom duration analysis only (ward‐first: n = 1, and ICU‐direct: n = 2).