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Table 1 Summary of patient characteristics.

From: The accuracy of pulse oximetry in emergency department patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

 

Range

Sex (male), n (%)

45 (51%)

NA

Received vasopressors, n (%)

40 (45%)

NA

Positive blood culture in ED, n (%)

29 (33%)

NA

Age (years), mean

57.5

19-89

pH mean (SD)

7.35 (0.15)

6.64-7.65

PaCO2 (mmHg), mean (SD)

33.7 (12.04)

12-72

PaO2 (mmHg), mean (SD)

106 (77)

43-465

SaO2 (%), mean (SD)

91.2 (5.74)

71-98

SpO2 (%), mean (SD)

93.9 (4.82)

78-100

Lactate (mmol/L), mean (SD)

3.21 (2.46)

0.6-16

Hemoglobin (g/L), mean (SD)

132 (24)

66-190

Admitting APACHE II score, mean (SD)

20 (10)

3-40