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Table 3 Primary and secondary outcomes by provider gestalt category

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

Outcome

Healthy

Mild

Moderate

Severe

p value

Primary outcomes

 

N = 97

N = 546

N = 453

N = 245

 

24-h mortality

0

2 (0.4%, 95% CI − 0.13 to 0.93%)

5 (1.1%, 95% CI 0.14–2.06%)

30 (12.2%, 95% CI 8.10–16.30%)

< 0.0001

In-hospital mortality

0

10 (1.8%, 95% CI 0.70–3.00%)

22 (4.9%, 95% CI 2.90–6.80%)

75 (30.6%, 95% CI 24.8036.40%)

< 0.0001

Secondary outcomes

 

N = 97

N = 546

N = 457

N = 250

 

APCU admission/pediatric consult

2 (2.1%, 95% CI −0.75 to 4.95%)

6 (1.1%, 95% CI 0.23–1.97%)

14 (3.1%, 95% CI 1.51–4.69%)

24 (9.6%, 95% CI 5.95–13.25%)

< 0.0001

ED mortality

0

0

0

12 (4.8%, 95% CI 2.15–7.45%)

< 0.0001

LOS

0 IQR 0–0

0 IQR 0–4

3 IQR 0–7.8

6.5 IQR 2–13

< 0.0001

  1. *Removed from the 24-h analysis, as there was no surety of what happened to the patient
  2. **Presumed alive at 30 days and included in the 30-day analysis as they were not found in the death records and hence included in 30-analysis