Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with community-acquired sepsis presenting to the ED of Södersjukhuset during 2013*
Entire sample of septic patients, N = 479 | EMS group, n = 357 | non-EMS group, n = 122 | P value** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Median (IQR) | Number (%) | Median (IQR) | Number (%) | Median (IQR) | Number (%) | |
Age, years | 75 (61-85) | 78.0 (68-86) | 62.5 (39-73) | < 0.001 | |||
Age groups | |||||||
< 65 years | 137/479 (28.6) | 69/357 (19.3) | 68/122 (55.7) | ||||
65-74 years | 102/479 (21.3) | 76/357 (21.3) | 26/122 (21.3) | ||||
≥ 75 years | 240/479 (50.1) | 212/357 (59.4) | 28/122 (23.0) | ||||
Gender | |||||||
Male | 255/479 (53.2) | 196/357 (54.9) | 59/122 (48.4) | 0.211 | |||
Severe sepsis | 248/459*** (54.0) | 218/346*** (63.0) | 30/113** (26.5) | < 0.001 | |||
In-hospital mortality | 99/479 (20.7) | 94/357 (26.3) | 5/122 (4.1) | < 0.001 | |||