Table 1.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Number of recordings | 60 | 5 | 23 | |
| Age, years (mean (SEM)) | 54 (4) | 50(9) | 59 (3) | |
| M:F | 30:30 | 5:00 | 13:10 | |
| Infection diagnosis | N/A | Urosepsis (2), biliary sepsis (1), line‐related bacteraemia (1), gastroenteritis (1) | Pneumonia (5), urosepsis (4), PD peritonitis (4), soft tissue infection (3), line‐related bacteraemia (2), osteomyelitis (1), pericarditis (1), diverticulitis (1), empirical (1) | |
| Haemodialysis | 20 | 1 | 9 | |
| Peritoneal dialysis | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Renal transplant | 26 | 3 | 5 | |
| C‐reactive protein (CRP) | ||||
| CRP median (IQR) | 9 (5–39) | 150 (87–361) | 61 (22–113) | <0.0001† |
| CRP date ± days (SE) | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | (A vs B and A vs C) |
| Missing values | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temperature (°C) | ||||
| 25% temperature (mean (SEM)) | 33.2 (0.1) | 33.5 (0.6) | 33.1 (0.2) | ns |
| Median temperature | 34.0 (0.1) | 34.4 (0.4) | 33.9 (0.2) | ns |
| Mean temperature | 33.9 (0.1) | 34.5 (0.4) | 33.8 (0.2) | ns |
| 75% temperature | 34.7 (0.1) | 35.3 (0.2) | 34.7 (0.2) | ns |
| Maximum temperature | 36.1 (0.1) | 38.0 (0.6) | 36.3 (0.3) | <0.001 (A vs B) |
| Patients identified by T ≥ 37.0 | 3/60 | 4/5 | 7/23 | |
| % readings >37 (SEM) | <0.1 (0.0) | 4 (0.1) | 1.4 (0.1) | |
| Patients identified by T ≥ 37.5 | 1/60 | 4/5 | 4/23 | |
| % readings ≥37.5 | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.2) | |
| Electrodermal activity (EDA, microseimens) | ||||
| Average EDA (mean (SEM)) | 0.42 (0.05) | 0.91 (0.43) | 0.87 (0.31) | <0.001 (A vs B, A vs C) |
| Heart rate (HR) | ||||
| Average HR, bpm (SEM) | 84 (1) | 89 (5) | 81 (3) | ns |
| HR IQR, bpm (SEM) | 16 (1) | 17 (3) | 17 (3) | ns |
†
Wilcoxon rank test.