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Table 1 Patient characteristics at enrollment

From: Early management of sepsis in medical patients in rural Thailand: a single-center prospective observational study

Variable

All patients

(N = 3716)

Male, n (%)

2139 (58%)

Age (yrs), median (IQR)

59 (44–72)

Comorbidities, n (%)

1844 (50%)

 Cancer

57 (2%)

 Cerebrovascular disease

83 (2%)

 Chronic kidney disease

515 (14%)

 Diabetes mellitus

788 (21%)

 Dyslipidemia

211 (6%)

 Heart disease

224 (6%)

 HIV

37 (1%)

 Hypertension

935 (25%)

 Liver disease

124 (3%)

 Lung disease

292 (8%)

Lowest SpO2 (%), median (IQR; N = 3710) a

97 (93-98)

Lowest SBP (mm Hg), median (IQR; N = 3713) a

90 (73-103)

Lowest GCS ≤ 14, n (%; N = 3716) a

689 (19%)

Highest creatinine (mg/dL), median (IQR; N = 3670) a

1.6 (1.0–2.9)

Highest bilirubin (mg/dL), median (IQR; N = 2945) a

0.8 (0.4–2.0)

Lowest platelets (cells/μL), median (IQR; N = 3706) a

141,000 (67,000–228,000)

  1. Measuring SpO2 and GCS at enrollment was part of the study protocol
  2. IQR interquartile range, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, SpO2 peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, SBP systolic blood pressure, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale
  3. aLowest SpO2, SBP, GCS, and platelets, and highest creatinine and bilirubin values up to the time of study enrollment are presented. N = total number of patients evaluated for those parameters up to the time of the study enrollment