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Table 2 Characteristics of the study cohort

From: Risk stratification and prognostic performance of the predisposition, infection, response, and organ dysfunction (PIRO) scoring system in septic patients in the emergency department: a cohort study

Number of patients

680

Male (%)

61.2

Age (years)

73 (60 to 79)

Infection site

 

  Pneumonia (n)

467

  Intra-abdominal infection (n)

170

  Pyelonephritis

21

  Central nervous system infection (n)

18

  Other infections (n)

4

APACHE II score

17.0 ± 7.7

MEDS score

11 (8 to 16)

PIRO score

11 (9 to 14)

28-day mortality (%)

26.2

ICU admission (%)

21.8

Incidence of MOD within 3 days of enrollment (%)

34.4

  1. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; MEDS, Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis; MOD, multiple organ dysfunction; PIRO, predisposition, infection, response, and organ dysfunction.
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