Table 1 Characteristics at admission
From: Risk factors and outcomes for prolonged versus brief fever: a prospective cohort study
Fever | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No fever (n = 142) | ≤ 5 days (n = 278) | > 5 days (n = 87) | P | |
Age, years | 58 ± 18 | 58 ± 18 | 52 ± 17 | 0.005 |
Sex, male | 92 (65) | 187 (67) | 63 (72) | 0.37 |
McCabe score | 0.05 | |||
A | 72 (51) | 151 (54) | 63 (72) | |
B | 51 (36) | 97 (35) | 17 (20) | |
C | 19 (13) | 29 (10) | 7 (8) | |
Type of admission | 0.005 | |||
Medical | 34 (24) | 64 (23) | 15 (17) | |
Scheduled surgery | 44 (31) | 73 (26) | 10 (11) | |
Unscheduled surgery | 39 (27) | 61 (22) | 24 (28) | |
Trauma | 25 (18) | 80 (29) | 38 (44) | |
Cerebral injury at admission | 13 (9) | 69 (25) | 45 (52) | < 0.001 |
SAPS II | 34 ± 19 | 42 ± 19 | 45 ± 16 | 0.16 |
SOFA at admission | 4 ± 4 | 6 ± 4 | 8 ± 4 | < 0.001 |
At admission | ||||
Infection | 32 (23) | 72 (25) | 21 (24) | 0.74 |
Bacteremia | 6 (4) | 16 (6) | 5 (6) | 1.00 |
Site infected | 0.98 | |||
Lungs | 9 (6) | 16 (6) | 6 (7) | |
Intraabdominal | 18 (13) | 30 (11) | 10 (11) | |
Urine | 4 (3) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Catheter | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
Others | 7 (5) | 23 (8) | 5 (6) | |