Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Diagnostic value and prognostic evaluation of Presepsin for sepsis in an emergency department
Control | SIRS | Sepsis | Severe sepsis | Septic shock | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 100 | 179 | 372 | 210 | 98 | |
Age (years) | 68 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 0.1 |
(65 to 74) | (58 to 76) | (59 to 78) | (60 to 78) | (65 to 78) | ||
Male (%) | 57.0 | 53.6 | 61.2 | 62.9 | 58.2 | 0.5 |
Presepsin (pg/ml) | 130 | 212 | 325 | 787 | 1084 | 0.00 |
(104 to 179) | (143 to 300) | (210 to 480) | (464 to 1249) | (695 to 2365) | ||
PCT (ng/ml) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 1.09 | 6.99 | 0.00 |
(0.05 to 0.07) | (0.05 to 0.23) | (0.05 to 0.79) | (0.21 to 7.52) | (0.88 to 38.26) | ||
MEDS score | 6.5 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | |
(3.0 to 10.0) | (7.0 to 10.0) | (10.0 to 16.0) | (16.8 to 22.0) | |||
APACHE II score | 13.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 0.00 | |
(8.0 to 19.0) | (10.0 to 18.0) | (14.0 to 22.0) | (19.0 to 30.25) | |||
Diagnosis | ||||||
Respiratory | AECOPD (70) | Pneumonia (259) | Pneumonia (145) | Pneumonia (70) | 0.92 | |
Asthma (38) | ||||||
PE (12) | ||||||
Abdominal | Pancreatitis (34) | IAI (82) | IAI (52) | IAI (22) | 0.42 | |
Cerebral | Stroke (12) | Meningitis (12) | Meningitis (6) | Meningitis (4) | 0.4 | |
Urinary | Pyelonephritis (15) | Pyelonephritis (7) | Pyelonephritis (2) | 0.9 | ||
Others | DKA (13) | Skin/soft tissue infection (4) | ||||