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Table 2 Prevalence of the most important variables for 7-day mortality

From: Predicting mortality among septic patients presenting to the emergency department–a cross sectional analysis using machine learning

Variable

Patients died within 7 days (%)

n = 63

Patients survived 7 days (%)

n = 382

Abnormal behaviour or level of consciousness

24 (38.1)

63 (16.5)

Abnormal verbal response

25 (39.7)

55 (14.4)

Arrival by EMS

59 (93.7)

264 (69.1)

Chills

2 (3.2)

91 (23.8)

Fever

18 (28.6)

234 (61.3)

Low oxygen saturation

20 (31.8)

35 (9.2)

  1. EMS= Emergency medical service