Table 2.
Vital signs and severity scores at hospital admission through waves by ceiling of care
| Ceiling of care | No ceiling of care | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| N = 1828 | N = 1327 | N = 175 | N = 163 | N = 163 | N = 3980 | N = 2074 | N = 611 | N = 605 | N = 690 | |
| Temperature | 36.9 (0.99) | 37.0 (1.01) | 36.7 (0.93) | 36.7 (0.90) | 36.7 (0.86) | 37.0 (1.20) | 37.1 (1.42) | 37.0 (0.96) | 36.8 (0.90) | 36.9 (0.87) |
| FiO2 | 28.6 (18.0) | 27.6 (17.6) | 29.7 (18.4) | 32.5 (20.1) | 31.7 (18.3) | 29.4 (19.5) | 27.1 (17.4) | 30.7 (21.1) | 32.1 (22.0) | 32.4 (20.9) |
| SatO2 | 93.2 (6.15) | 92.8 (6.59) | 93.4 (5.06) | 94.1 (5.05) | 95.0 (3.54) | 94.5 (5.25) | 94.1 (6.19) | 94.5 (4.11) | 95.0 (4.45) | 95.4 (3.25) |
| SatO2/FiO2 | 386 (106) | 395 (102) | 375 (108) | 355 (118) | 356 (108) | 390 (111) | 405 (100.0) | 382 (116) | 373 (121) | 366 (120) |
| Systolic blood pressure | 131 (23.1) | 131 (22.7) | 134 (24.9) | 135 (22.6) | 132 (24.5) | 130 (20.0) | 130 (20.1) | 132 (20.6) | 133 (20.1) | 126 (18.5) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 71.2 (14.2) | 71.4 (14.5) | 70.0 (12.4) | 73.0 (14.0) | 69.1 (13.4) | 75.4 (12.6) | 75.2 (13.1) | 75.1 (12.8) | 77.6 (12.4) | 74.5 (10.8) |
| Heart rate | 87.0 (18.3) | 88.4 (18.3) | 83.2 (17.6) | 84.5 (19.4) | 82.6 (16.6) | 89.5 (17.4) | 91.3 (17.5) | 88.8 (18.2) | 87.5 (15.6) | 86.4 (17.2) |
| Respiratory rate | 22.9 (6.81) | 23.3 (7.14) | 22.9 (6.19) | 23.1 (6.59) | 20.8 (5.12) | 21.5 (5.76) | 21.7 (6.24) | 21.8 (5.73) | 21.0 (5.06) | 21.0 (4.92) |
| ROX index | 18.2 (7.31) | 18.4 (7.30) | 17.9 (7.24) | 16.9 (7.53) | 18.2 (7.15) | 19.5 (7.49) | 20.2 (7.43) | 18.8 (7.60) | 18.9 (7.50) | 18.5 (7.38) |
| PSI group | ||||||||||
| 1 | 197 (12.4%) | 184 (16.9%) | 4 (2.30%) | 7 (4.40%) | 2 (1.24%) | 2208 (61.3%) | 1081 (63.5%) | 320 (52.9%) | 356 (59.1%) | 449 (65.4%) |
| 2 | 359 (22.6%) | 257 (23.6%) | 32 (18.4%) | 49 (30.8%) | 21 (13.0%) | 764 (21.2%) | 355 (20.9%) | 159 (26.3%) | 125 (20.8%) | 125 (18.2%) |
| 3 | 700 (44.2%) | 451 (41.3%) | 86 (49.4%) | 73 (45.9%) | 90 (55.9%) | 531 (14.8%) | 227 (13.3%) | 101 (16.7%) | 104 (17.3%) | 99 (14.4%) |
| 4 | 329 (20.8%) | 199 (18.2%) | 52 (29.9%) | 30 (18.9%) | 48 (29.8%) | 95 (2.64%) | 39 (2.29%) | 25 (4.13%) | 17 (2.82%) | 14 (2.04%) |
| MuLBSTA | 9.52 (3.39) | 9.40 (3.37) | 9.96 (3.29) | 10.3 (3.29) | 9.28 (3.57) | 7.84 (3.62) | 7.51 (3.70) | 8.38 (3.53) | 8.66 (3.60) | 7.61 (3.36) |
Data are presented as mean (SD) or N (%)
PSI pneumonia severity index