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Clinical Presentation
|
High qSOFA n = 90 (%)
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Low qSOFA n = 312 (%)
|
p value
|
|---|
|
Pitt Bacteremia Score a
|
2 (0, 3)
|
0 (0, 1)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Score ≥ 2
|
57 (69)
|
37 (12)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Score ≥ 4
|
19 (23)
|
7 (2)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
SIRS criteria
|
|
Sepsis
|
88 (98)
|
232 (74)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Severe sepsis
|
59 (66)
|
86 (28)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Septic shock
|
25 (28)
|
3 (1)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
No sepsis
|
2 (2)
|
80 (26)
| |
|
Presenting symptoms
|
|
Fever
|
35 (39%)
|
100 (32%)
|
0.25
|
|
Pain
|
28 (31%)
|
155 (50%)
|
0.0018
|
|
Altered mental status
|
21 (23%)
|
16 (5%)
|
< 0.0001
|
|
Shortness of breath
|
10 (11%)
|
19 (6%)
|
0.11
|
- a median (IQR), data available for 83 patients in High qSOFA group and 301 patients in the Low qSOFA group
