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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

From: Utility of Procalcitonin (PCT) and Mid regional pro-Adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) in risk stratification of critically ill febrile patients in Emergency Department (ED). A comparison with APACHE II score

A

 

ALL PATIENTS

CONTROL

GENDER

68 MALE – 60 FEMALE

23 MALE – 17 FEMALE

 

MEAN ± SD

MEDIAN (IQR)

RANGE (MIN-MAX)

MEAN ± SD

MEDIAN (IQR)

RANGE (MIN-MAX)

AGE (Y)

61 ± 19

65 (45-77)

18-96

55 ± 15

58.5 (45-70)

29-76

TEMPERATURE (°C)

38.7 ± 0.7

38.6 (38.1-39)

37-41

36.4 ± 0.3

36.4 (36.1-36.5)

36-36,7

B

PCT (ng/ml)

3.85 ± 7.63

0.56* (0.10-3.44)

0.02-41.06

0.06 ± 0.02

0.06* (0.04-0.08)

0.02-0.11

MR-ProADM (nmol/ml)

1.72 ± 0.10

0.85** (0.50-1.68)

0.05-15.3

0.50 ± 0.10

0.50** (0.40-0.58)

0.31-0.65

APACHE II (%)

13.5 ± 11.21

9.9 (6.70-15.50)

2.9-76

   
  1. *p < 0.0001.
  2. **p < 0.0001.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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