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Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Apr 22;33(9):1119–1125. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.04.024

Table 3.

EMS Vital Signs

Characteristic	Patients with severe sepsis (N=75)	Patients without severe sepsis (N=480)	P-value
Tactile temperature – no. (%)
Hot	27 (36)	56 (12)	<0.0001
Normal	38 (51)	358 (76)	<0.0001
Cool	9 (12)	55 (12)	0.92
Cold	1 (1)	5 (1)	0.59
SBP – mmHg, median (IQR)	90 (83–98)	100 (90–106)	<0.0001
HR – bpm, median (IQR)	123 (112–140)	114 (104–130)	0.01
RR – bpm, median (IQR)	26 (22–30)	24 (22–28)	0.07
O2 saturation - %, median (IQR)	92 (87–96)	96 (92–99)	<0.0001
Glucose – mg/dL, median (IQR)	134 (94–165)	123 (102–168	0.70
GCS – median (IQR)	14 (9–15)	15 (14–15)	<0.0001

Definitions: SBP – systolic blood pressure; HR – heart rate; RR – respiratory rate; GCS – Glascow Coma Scale; IQR – interquartile range