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Table 3 Baseline characteristics at time of arrival to the EDa

From: Shock in the emergency department; a 12 year population based cohort study

Variable

Total (%)

N (%)

1,646 (100 %)

Age in years, Median (IQR)

71 (56–80)

Sex (%)

 

 Male

885 (53.8 %)

 Female

761 (46.2 %)

Age in age groups, yr (%)

 

 18–39

146 (8.9 %)

 40–64

496 (30.1 %)

 65–84

745 (45.3 %)

 85+

259 (15.7 %)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (%)

 

 0

495 (30.1 %)

 1

627 (38.1 %)

  >2

524 (31.8 %)

Vital variables

 

 Systolic blood pressure, Median (IQR)

88 (80–94)

 Diastolic blood pressure, Median (IQR)

53 (44–62)

 Heart rate, Median (IQR)

100 (85–114)

Shock Index (SI), n (%)

 

 SI, Median (IQR)

1.2 (1.0–1.3)

 SI ≤0.7

94 (5.9)

 0.7> SI ≤1

267 (16.6 %)

 SI >1.0

1,245 (77.5 %)

Number of organ failures, n (%)

 

 1

1,155 (70.2 %)

 2

389 (23.6 %)

 3+

114 (6.2 %)

Site of organ failure (%)

 

 Cardiovascular

1,245 (76.6 %)

 Renal

382 (23.2 %)

 Coagulation

545 (33.1 %)

 Hepatic

78 (4.7 %)

  1. aValues expressed as total number (fraction) and medians [25 percentile-75 percentile] as appropriate