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Table 4 Vital signs characteristics at admission and ICU-mortality of patients in SICU, (N = 388)

From: Variables associated to intensive care unit (ICU)-mortality among patients admitted to surgical intensive care unit in Ethiopia: a retrospective observational study

Variables

Categories

Total

(N = 388)

Outcome

Dead (n = 148)

Alive (n = 240)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

< 90

100 (25.8%)

85 (57.4%)

15 (6.3%)

90–140

267 (68.8%)

50 (33.8%)

217 (90.4%)

> 140

21 (5.4%)

13 (8.8%)

8 (3.3%)

Heart rate (bpm)

< 60

17 (4.4%)

9 (6.1%)

8 (3.2%)

60–100

100 (25.8%)

19 (12.8%)

81 (33.8%)

> 100

271 (69.8%)

120 (81.1%)

151 (63%)

Respiratory rate (breath per minute)

< 12

6 (1.6%)

2 (1.4%)

4 (1.7%)

12–20

30 (7.8%)

5 (3.4%)

25 (10.4%)

> 20

352 (90.7%)

141 (95.2%)

211 (87.9%)

Temperature (oc)

< 36.5

92 (23.7%)

48 (32.4%)

44 (18.3%)

36.5–37.5

124 (32.0%)

21 (14.2%)

103 (42.9%)

> 37.5

172 (44.3%)

79 (53.4%)

93 (38.8%)

Saturation (SPO2) (%)

< 90

88 (22.7%)

66 (44.6%)

22 (9.2%)

> 90

300 (77.3%)

82 (55.4%)

218 (90.8%)

Glasgow Coma Scale

Sever (3–8)

195 (50.3%)

135 (91.2%)

60 (25%)

Moderate (9–13)

53 (13.6%)

7 (4.7%)

46 (19.2%)

Mild (14–15)

140 (36.1%)

6 (4.1%)

134 (55.8%)

  1. Key:- SICU = Surgical Intensive Care Unit; mmHg = millimeters of mercury; bpm = beats per minute; oc= degrees centigrade