TABLE 3.

Relocations sites and outcomes of the patients suffered from infection, sepsis, and septic shock in the emergency department.

	All (n = 1,278)	Group I infection (n = 1,103)	Group II sepsis (n = 133)	Group III septic shock (n = 42)
Primary relocation site after ED
Intensive care unit [n (%)]	61 (5.5)	17 (1.5)*	19 (14.3)**	25 (59.5)***
Stroke unit [n (%)]	14 (1.1)	10 (0.9)	3 (2.3)	1 (2.4)
Intermediate Care [n (%)]	10 (0.8)	8 (0.7)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)
Catheter laboratory [n (%)]	4 (0.3)	2 (0.2)	1 (0.8)	1 (2.4)***
Operation theater [n (%)]	11 (0.9)	8 (0.7)	2 (1.5)	1 (2.4)
Normal ward [n (%)]	500 (39.1)	402 (36.4)*	95 (71.4)**	3 (7.1)***
Interhospital transfer [n (%)]	41 (3.2)	30 (2.8)	5 (3.8)**	6 (14.3)***
Discharge at home [n (%)]	569 (44.5)	566 (51.2)*	3 (2.3)	0 (0.0)***
Discharge against medical aid [n (%)]	41 (3.2)	40 (3.6)	1 (0.8)	0 (0.0)
Other outpatient clinics [n (%)]	21 (1.6)	20 (1.8)	1 (0.8)	0 (0.0)
Outcomes
Admission to
ICU [n (%)]	61 (5.5)	17 (1.5)*	19 (14.3)**	25 (59.5)***
Normal ward [n (%)]	500 (39.1)	402 (36.4)*	95 (71.4)**	3 (7.1)***
Interhospital transfer [n (%)]	41 (3.2)	30 (2.8)	5 (3.8)**	6 (14.3) ***
Discharge at home [n (%)]	569 (44.5)	566 (51.2) *	3 (2.3)	0 (0.0) ***
Death in ED [n (%)]	5 (0.4)	0 (0.0)*	1 (0.8)**	4 (9.5)***
Death in-hospital [n (%)]	51 (4.0)	19 (1.7)*	16 (12.0)**	16 (38.1)***
30-day-mortality [n (%)]	50 (3.9)	18 (1.6)*	16 (12.0)**	16 (38.1)***
LOS ED (min, median, IQR)	374 (205–693)	340 (188–597)*	718 (438–1284)**	539 (292–779)***
LOS ICU (days, median, IQR)	3 (2–7)	3 (1–10)	3 (2–5.75)	5 (2–8)
LOS hospital (days, median, IQR)	0 (0–8)	0 (0–6.0)*	9 (0–6)	5.5 (0–15.0)** *

n, number; ICU, intensive care unit; ED, emergency department; LOS, length-of-stay; min, minutes.

p is significant, if p < 0.05; * = p_I,II < 0.05; ** = p_II,III < 0.05; *** = p_I,III < 0.05.

The bold values represent significant results.