Performance Assessment of the Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis Score, Modified Early Warning Score, Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, and Rapid Acute Physiology Score in Predicting Survival Outcomes of Adult Renal Abscess Patients in the Emergency Department
Table 5
Comparison of the characteristics of survivors and nonsurvivors.
Variable
Patients
Total
Survivors
Non-survivors
p-value
No.
152
144
8
Age (years), Median (IQR)
54 (41-65)
54 (41-64)
67 (52-78.5)
0.082
Male, No. (%)
48 (31.58)
43 (29.86)
5 (62.5)
0.11
Terminal illness, No. (%)
3 (1.97)
0 (0.00)
3 (37.5)
<.001
Nursing home resident, No. (%)
2 (1.32)
2 (1.39)
0 (0)
1.000
Lower respiratory tract infection, No. (%)
2 (1.32)
1 (0.69)
1 (12.5)
0.103
Body temperature (°C), Median (IQR)
38.5 (37.55-39.45)
38.5 (37.6-39.45)
38.15 (36.15-39.35)
0.455
Pulse rate (/min), Median (IQR)
114 (102-127.5)
114 (101-125)
143.5 (115-156.5)
0.007
Respiratory rate (/min), Median (IQR)
20 (18-22)
20 (18-21)
27.5 (22.5-35)
0.001
Tachypnea or hypoxia, No. (%)
34 (22.37)
28 (19.44)
6 (75)
0.002
SpO2 (%), Median (IQR)
100 (95-100)
100 (96-100)
82.9 (65.65-92)
<.001
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg), Median (IQR)
75.33 (69-85)
76.67 (69.83-85.5)
65.67 (55-76.5)
0.021
Glasgow Coma Scale, No. (%)
0.034
≦8
2 (1.32)
1 (0.69)
1 (12.5)
9~11
7 (4.61)
6 (4.17)
1 (12.5)
≧12
143 (94.08)
137 (95.14)
6 (75)
Altered mental status, No. (%)
19 (12.5)
14 (9.72)
5 (62.5)
<.001
AVPU score, No. (%)
0.003
A
137 (90.13)
133 (92.36)
4 (50)
V
6 (3.95)
4 (2.78)
2 (25)
P
7 (4.61)
6 (4.17)
1 (12.5)
U
2 (1.32)
1 (0.69)
1 (12.5)
Leukocyte count (/μL), Median (IQR)
15.35 (11.3-20)
15.25 (11.3-19)
22.35 (6.4-27.05)
0.426
Platelets (×103/μL), Median (IQR)
222.5 (158-307)
223.5 (163-312.5)
153.5 (19-228.5)
0.081
Bandemia (Band>5%), No. (%)
33 (21.71)
28 (19.44)
5 (62.5)
0.013
eGFR, No. (%)
<.001
>50
118 (77.63)
117 (81.25)
1 (12.5)
10-50
32 (21.05)
26 (18.06)
6 (75)
<10
2 (1.32)
1 (0.69)
1 (12.5)
Septic shock, No. (%)
19 (12.5)
14 (9.72)
5 (62.5)
<.001
Treatment, No. (%)
0.482
Antibiotics only
86 (56.58)
82 (56.94)
4 (50)
Percutaneous drainage
58 (38.16)
54 (37.5)
4 (50)
Surgical drainage
6 (3.95)
5 (3.47)
1 (12.5)
Nephrectomy
4 (2.63)
4 (2.78)
0 (0.00)
Numbers of abscess, No. (%)
0.178
Solitary
123 (80.92)
118 (81.94)
5 (62.5)
Multiple
29 (19.08)
26 (18.06)
3 (37.5)
Scoring system, Median (IQR)
MEDS
3 (0-6)
3 (0-5)
11.5 (9-14.5)
<.001
REMS
5 (2-6.5)
4.5 (2-6)
9 (6-12.5)
0.001
RAPS
2 (0-4)
2 (0-4)
5.5 (4-7.5)
0.003
MEWS
4 (3-6)
4 (3-6)
8 (5.5-9)
0.007
indicates a statistically significant difference between survivors and nonsurvivors.
