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. 2021 Jun 29;10(7):788. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10070788

Table 4.

Outcomes of patients in the study cohort for non-septic presentation in ED (qSOFA <2) according to PCT value at admission and discharge diagnosis.

Variable Total Deceased Deceased in PCT ≤ 0.5 ng/mL Deceased in PCT > 0.5 ng/mL p Value
Non-Septic
Presentation in the ED
n = 1001 n = 434 n = 567
Pneumonia 235 (23.5) 116 (26.7) 119 (21.0) 0.034
Abdominal infection 67 (6.7) 20 (4.6) 47 (8.3) 0.021
Urinary tract infection 55 (5.5) 25 (5.8) 30 (5.3) 0.747
Bloodstream infection 346 (34.6) 110 (25.3) 236 (41.6) <0.001
Other infections 40 (4.0) 19 (4.4) 21 (3.7) 0.589
Any infective diagnosis 574 (57.3) 225 (51.8) 349 (61.6) 0.002