Table 1.

Comparison of factors for predicting 30-day mortality in 1253 patients presenting to the emergency department triaged in the urgent (III) and emergency (II) categories.

	All (n = 1253)	Survived (n = 1182)	30-d mortality (n = 71)	p Value
Male (No. %)	638 (50.9)	599 (50.7)	39 (54.9)	0.49
Age	72 [59–84]	72 [58–83]	79 [68–88]	0.0002
Triage vital sign
Heart rate (bpm)	85 [70–100]	84 [70–100]	96 [81–105]	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	141 [123–159]	141 [124–160]	133 [115–151]	0.0199
DBP (mmHg)	77 [65–87]	77 [65–87]	73 [60–88]	0.098
Temperature (°C)	63.8 [36.4–37.3]	36.8 [36.4–37.3]	37.0 [36.3–37.6]	0.34
Respiratory rate (bpm)	16 [14–20]	16 [14–19]	20 [16–23]	<0.0001
Score
qSOFA (No. %)
qSOFA ≥ 2	18 (1.4)	10 (0.8)	8 (11.2)	<0.0001
qSOFA< 2	1193 (95.2)	1134 (95.9)	59 (83.1)
Missing data	42 (3.4)	38 (3.2)	4 (5.6)
qSOFA ≥ 1	248 (19.8)	221 (18.7)	27 (38.0)	0.0001
qSOFA< 1	963 (76.9)	923 (78.1)	40 (56.3)
Missing data	42 (3.4)	38 (3.2)	4 (5.6)
SIRS (No. %)
SIRS ≥ 2	276 (22.0)	248 (21.0)	28 (39.4)	0.0001
SIRS < 2	904 (72.1)	869 (73.5)	35 (49.3)
Missing data	73 (5.8)	65 (5.5)	8 (11.3)
NEWS (No. %)
NEWS ≥ 5	175 (14.0)	151 (12.8)	24 (33.8)	<0.0001
NEWS < 5	1034 (82.5)	991 (83.8)	43 (60.6)
Missing data	44 (3.5)	40 (3.4)	4 (5.6)
NEWS ≥ 8	38 (3.0)	29 (2.5)	9 (12.7)	<0.0001
NEWS < 8	1171 (93.5)	1113 (94.2)	58 (81.7)
Missing data	44 (3.5)	40 (3.4)	4 (5.6)
qSIRS (No. %)
qSIRS ≥ 2	296 (23.6)	263 (22.2)	33 (46.5)	<0.0001
qSIRS< 2	882 (70.4)	852 (72.1)	30 (42.3)
Missing data	75 (6.0)	67 (5.7)	8 (11.3)
NSIRS (No. %)
NSIRS ≥ 5	197 (15.7)	174 (14.7)	23 (32.4)	<0.0001
NSIRS < 5	981 (78.3)	941 (79.6)	40 (56.3)
Missing data	75 (6.0)	67 (5.7)	8 (11.3)
Lactate level
Venous blood lactate (VBG)	1.7 [1.3 -2.3]	1.7 [1.3–2.2]	2.4 [1.8–3.9]	<0.0001
VL-VBG ≥ 2 (No. %)	436 (34.8)	394 (33.3)	42 (59.2)	<0.0001
VL-VBG < 2 (No. %)	812 (64.8)	785 (66.4)	27 (38.0)
Missing data	5 (0.4)	3 (0.3)	2 (2.8)