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Table 2 Vital sign and laboratory data on admission

From: The development and validation of a “5A” severity scale for predicting in-hospital mortality after accidental hypothermia from J-point registry data

Parameters

Development cohort

Validation cohort

Total cohort

 

(N = 288)

(N = 244)

(N = 532)

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)

 90, n (%)

212

(73.6%)

156

(63.9%)

368

(69.2%)

 61–90

45

(15.6%)

45

(18.4%)

90

(16.9%)

 Near cardiac arrest

31

(10.8 %)

43

(17.6%)

74

(13.9%)

Body temperature (°C), median (IQR)

30.7 (28.3–32.6)

31.0 (28–32.7)

30.8 (28.1–32.6)

 35–32, n (%)

98

(34.0%)

77

(31.6%)

175

(32.9%)

 32–28

124

(43.1%)

104

(42.6%)

228

(42.9%)

 < 28

66

(22.9%)

63

(25.8%)

129

(24.2%)

Disturbance of consciousness

 Mild, n (%)

110

(38.2%)

100

(41.0%)

210

(39.5%)

 Moderate

90

(31.3%)

70

(28.7%)

160

(30.1%)

 Severe

85

(29.5%)

68

(27.9%)

153

(28.8%)

 Missing

3

(1.0%)

6

(2.5%)

9

(1.7%)

pH, median (IQR)

7.31 (7.25–7.37)

7.31 (7.21–7.37)

7.31 (7.23–7.37)

 > 7.35, n (%)

85

(29.5%)

69

(28.3%)

154

(28.9%)

 7.20–7.35

118

(41.0%)

98

(40.2%)

216

(40.6%)

 < 7.20

42

(14.6%)

53

(21.7%)

95

(17.9%)

 Missing

43

(14.9%)

24

(9.8%)

67

(12.6%)

K+ (mmol/l), median (IQR)

4.2 (3.6–4.7)

4.0 (3.5–4.6)

4.1 (3.6–4.7)

 < 3.5, n (%)

59

(20.5%)

54

(22.1%)

113

(21.2%)

 3.5–5.5

198

(68.8%)

155

(63.5%)

353

(66.4%)

 > 5.5

30

(10.4%)

28

(11.5%)

58

(10.9%)

 Missing

1

(0.3%)

7

(2.9%)

8

(1.5%)

Albumin (g/dl), median (IQR)

3.4 (2.9–4.0)

3.5 (2.9–4.0)

3.4 (2.9–4.0)

 

 > 3

163

(56.6%)

142

(58.2%)

305

(57.3%)

 ≤ 3

77

(26.7%)

61

(25.0%)

138

(25.9%)

 Missing

48

(16.7%)

41

(16.8%)

89

(16.7%)

  1. In disturbance of consciousness, mild: Glasgow coma scale (GCS) 13–15, or Japan coma scale (JCS) 0–3, moderate: GCS 9–12, or JCS 10–30, severe: GCS < 9, or JCS 100–300
  2. IQR interquartile range, near arrest: systolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg, unmeasurable, or cardiac arrest