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Table 7 Identification of most significant risk factors/predictors of clinical sepsis in patients who presented to the emergency department by multiple logistics regression analysis

From: Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as early diagnostic markers of sepsis or septic shock in children who presented with fever to the pediatric emergency department at a tertiary hospital, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Factors

B

S.E.

Wald

OR [95% C.I]

P - value

Chronic Disease

1.371

0.353

15.0.94

3.940 [1.973–7.869]

*<0.001

High grade fever (≥ 39°)

1.413

0.360

15.418

4.108 [2.029–8.317]

*<0.001

Blood Culture

1.677

0.731

5.266

5.348 [1.277–22.398]

*0.022

  1. * p < 0.05, suggests a statistically significant association
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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