Figure 6

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.