Table 4 Summary of secondary outcomes by risk subgroup
NEWS alone: high-risk | SensiumVitals® + NEWS: high-risk | NEWS alone: low-risk | SensiumVitals® + NEWS: low-risk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | 27 (41.5%) | 29 (48.3%) | 38 (58.5%) | 31 (51.7%) |
Number of complications (all) | 91 | 70 | 89 | 54 |
Number of major complications (Clavien-Dindo > 2) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Sepsis events n (%) | 8 (29.6%) | 12 (41.4%) | 8 (21.1%) | 7 (22.6%) |
Time to antibiotics in cases of sepsis (minutes) | ||||
n | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Mean | 588 | 433 | 466 | 697 |
95% confidence interval | 0–1247 | 54– 813 | 281– 651 | 381– 1013 |
HDU/ICU admissions | ||||
n | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Length of stay in HDU/ICU (days) | ||||
Mean | 3.5 | (.)a | 1 | N/A |
Length of stay in hospital (days) | ||||
n | 27 | 28 | 38 | 31 |
Mean | 23.3 | 15.7 | 11.2 | 7.9 |
95% confidence interval | 12.4–34.2 | 11.9–19.5 | 8.8–13.7 | 7.1–8.6 |
Readmissions | ||||
n (%) | 4 (14.8%) | 4 (14.3%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (6.5%) |
95% confidence interval | 4.2–33.7% | 4.0–32.7% | 0.1–13.8% | 0.8–21.4% |