Table 1.
Basic encounter characteristics at 1 h from ED entry
| Non-Septic Encounters | Septic Encounters | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pt. Est. | 20 % | 75 % | % Avail | Pt. Est. | 20 % | 75 % | % Avail | ||
| n | 93,421 | (58,269 unique patients) | 352 | (334 unique patients) | |||||
| Age | 39.6 | 27.3 | 57.1 | 100 % | 60.9 | 51.7 | 73.4 | 100 % | 0.0000 |
| Female | 58.2 % | 57.9 % | 58.5 % | 53.7 % | 48.3 % | 59.0 % | 0.0934 | ||
| SBP | 132 | 119 | 146 | 97 % | 109 | 91 | 129 | 97 % | 0.0000 |
| DBP | 77 | 68 | 86 | 97 % | 60 | 48 | 73 | 97 % | 0.0000 |
| Mean BP | 95 | 86 | 105 | 97 % | 75 | 64 | 94 | 97 % | 0.0000 |
| Temp (C) | 36.4 | 36.0 | 36.8 | 95 % | 37.7 | 36.6 | 38.7 | 96 % | 0.0000 |
| HR | 86 | 75 | 99 | 97 % | 111 | 91 | 126 | 98 % | 0.0000 |
| WBC | 8.5 K | 6.7 K | 10.9 K | 22 % | 14.3 K | 9.8 K | 20.6 K | 53 % | 0.0000 |
| Lactate | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3 % | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 36 % | 0.0000 |
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| Screen | 6.8 % | 6.6 % | 6.9 % | 61.9 % | 56.6 % | 67.0 % | 0 | 0.0000 | |
| Flag | 3.1 % | 3.0 % | 3.2 % | 54.3 % | 48.9 % | 59.6 % | 0 | 0.0000 | |
Median and quartiles provided for continues variables
Mean and 95 % exact confidence intervals provided for binary variables
SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, BP blood pressure, HR heart rate, WBC white blood cell count