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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcomes in the ≥ 2 mSIRS and < 2 mSIRS categories

From: Modified systemic inflammatory response syndrome and provider gestalt predicting adverse outcomes in children under 5 years presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Category

≥ 2 mSIRS

< 2 mSIRS

p value

Primary outcomes

N = 411

N = 619

 

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

 

24-h mortality

27

6.6

4.2–9.0

6

0.98

0.2–1.8

< 0.0001

Mortality (in hospital)

65

15.9

12.5–19.8

33

5.4

3.6–7.2

< 0.0001

Secondary outcomes

 

N = 411

  

N = 619

  

APCU admission/pediatric consult

22

5.4

3.2–7.6

20

3.2

1.8–4.6

0.09

ED mortality

9

2.2

0.8–3.6

1

0.2

0.15–0.55

0.001

LOS

4 (IQR 1–8)

2 (IQR 0–7)