TABLE 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Veterans Admitted to a Nonsurgical Inpatient Medicine Unit With Evidence of Suspected Infection (N = 481)
| Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 452 (94.0) |
| Female | 29 (6.0) |
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| Race | |
| White | 438 (91.1) |
| Black | 14 (2.9) |
| Other/unknown | 29 (6.0) |
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| Lactic acid | |
| Not tested | 431 (89.6) |
| > 2 mmol/L | 21 (4.4) |
| ≤ 2 mmol/L | 29 (6.0) |
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| Age, mean (SD), y | 67.4 (11.6) |
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| qSOFA score | |
| 0 | 145 (30.1) |
| 1 | 185 (38.5) |
| 2 | 122 (25.4) |
| 3 | 29 (6.0) |
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| SIRS score | |
| 0 | 28 (5.8) |
| 1 | 81 (16.8) |
| 2 | 118 (24.5) |
| 3 | 152 (31.6) |
| 4 | 102 (21.2) |
Abbreviations: qSOFA, quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SIRS, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.