Table 3 Patients’ management at the emergency department and outcomes according to the clinical presentation of sepsis
From: Septic patients without obvious signs of infection at baseline are more likely to die in the ICU
Total, n = 348 | Explicit n = 245 | Vague n = 103 | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Sepsis management | |||
ED wait, mean minutes (SD) | 27 (47) | 11 (50) | 0.82 |
Sepsis diagnosis upon the ED (%) | 211 (86.1) | 64 (62.1) | < 0.001 |
Time to sepsis diagnosis, median hours (IQR) | 3 (4) | 6 (14) | < 0.001 |
Time to antibiotics, median hours (IQR) | 4 (4) | 7 (20) | < 0.001 |
Time to ICU admission, median hours (IQR) | 7 (11) | 19 (40) | < 0.001 |
Direct ICU hospitalisation (%) | 192 (78.4) | 48 (46.6) | < 0.001 |
Appropriate antibiotics (%) | 131 (53.5) | 46 (44.6) | 0.13 |
Outcomes | |||
28-day Mortality (%) | 66 (26.9) | 42 (40.8) | 0.011 |
In-hospital Mortality (%) | 69 (28.2) | 47 (45.6) | 0.002 |
ICU LOS, median days (IQR) | 3 (5) | 4 (5) | 0.24 |
Overall LOS, median days (IQR) | 13 (15) | 11 (17) | 0.63 |