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. 2020 Jul 19;10(7):e036276. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036276

Table 2.

Association and agreement between the documentation of ‘sepsis’ and a sense of urgency

Sense of urgency documented OR (95% CI) P value Kappa
Yes No
GP referral letters ‘Sepsis’ documented Yes 29 6 16.6 (7 to 42) <0.001 0.4
No 49 168
EMS charts ‘Sepsis’ documented Yes 14 19 2.9 (1 to 6) 0.007 0.19
No 32 126
ED charts ‘Sepsis’ documented Yes 28 35 8.8 (5 to 17) <0.001 0.39
No 23 253

ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical services; GP, general practitioner.