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

Table 2 Clinical diagnosis of patients

Group	Total patients	Diagnosis	Number of patients	MR-ProADM nmol/ml median(IQR)	PCT ng/ml median(IQR)	Apache II median(IQR)
Fever	19	Unknown origin	19	0.54 (0.40-0.70)	0.25 (0.08-0.63)	6.70 (5.10-8.70)
Respiratory	44	Pneumonia	31	0.90 (0.49-1.65)	0.48 (0.07-1.64)	11.30 (7.60-17.03)
		Bronchitis	5
		Pleural effusion	1
		COPD	6
		TB	1
Urinary	27	Urinary infection	27	0.86 (0.51-1.68)	1.32 (0.07-3.89)	10.60 (6.30-16.50)
Sepsis	20	Sepsis	18	1.82 (0.70-5.72)	2.49 (0.24-16.51)	21 (10.25-29.4)
		Septic shock	2
Other	18	Endocarditis	4	0.89 (0.53-1.9)	0.39 (0.16-4.21)	12.95 (6.02-26.48)
		Necrotizing	3
		Fasciitis
		Gangrene	2
		Pericarditis	6
		Gastroenteritis	3

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