Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
S3+ | S2+ /S3 − | Absolute difference | 95% CI | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound | Upper bound | |||||
Male | 601 (62.3) | 160 (68.7) | − 6.4 | − 12.9 | 0.4 | 0.069 |
Age | 64 (54–73) | 64 (54–71) | 0.818 | |||
Weight | 75 (65–85) | 76 (65–87) | 0.095 | |||
Living at home | 719 (83.7) | 172 (83.1) | 0.6 | − 4.8 | 6.5 | 0.832 |
Admission | 0.384 | |||||
Other hospital | 179 (19.0) | 36 (15.7) | ||||
Emergency department | 348 (37.0) | 94 (41.0) | ||||
Ward | 413 (43.9) | 99 (43.2) | ||||
Readmission < 48 h | 22 (2.3) | 9 (3.9) | − 1.6 | − 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.172 |
Medical admission reason | 466 (48.3) | 155 (66.5) | − 18.2 | − 24.9 | − 11.3 | < 0.001 |
Surgery | 243 (25.3) | 36 (15.5) | 9.8 | 4.1 | 14.9 | 0.002 |
Respiratory septic shock | 287 (29.7) | 96 (41.2) | − 11.5 | − 18.4 | − 4.6 | 0.001 |
Abdominal septic shock | 312 (32.3) | 45 (19.3) | 13.0 | 6.9 | 18.7 | < 0.001 |
Bacteremia | 262 (27.2) | 43 (18.5) | 8.7 | 2.8 | 14.2 | 0.006 |
Culture negative septic shock | 362 (37.5) | 110 (47.2) | − 9.7 | − 16.8 | − 2.6 | 0.007 |