Figure 6From: The diagnostic and prognostic significance of monitoring blood levels of immature neutrophils in patients with systemic inflammation High levels of myelocytes and metamyelocytes are associated with increased mortality. Patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (n = 33) were categorised into three groups according to 4-week stay in the intensive care unit. These groups were deaths occurring within the first week of analysis of blood films (n = 14 patients), deaths occurring during week 2 (n = 9 patients) and deaths occurring during weeks 3 and 4 (n = 10 patients). The percentage of myelocytes and metamyelocytes is shown in (A) and the percentage of band cells in (B). Data are presented as box-and-whisker plots of the median (black line), upper and lower 25% quartiles (box), range (excluding outliers) and outlier values >1.5 times the upper quartile value (black circles). Analysis was done by performing the Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s multiple-comparisons tests. *P <0.05 and **P <0.01 compared with patients who died within 1 week of sampling.Back to article page