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Table 3 Discharge diagnoses and outcomes among patients presenting with sepsis to a regional referral hospital in south-western Uganda

From: Malaria is an uncommon cause of adult sepsis in south-western Uganda

 

Diagnosis at discharge, n (%)

Length of stay Median (IQR)

Mortality rate %

Total cohort

216 (100)

5 (3 – 8)

20.0

Definitive diagnosis

   

Malaria

8 (3)

4 (3 – 4.5)

12.5

Bacteraemia

41 (19)

5.5 (3 – 8.5)

26.8

Pulmonary tuberculosis

24 (11)

5.5 (2.5 – 13.5)

25.0

Presumptive diagnosis

   

Malaria

18 (8)

3 (2 – 5)

11.1

Tuberculosis

61 (28)

7 (4 – 11)

24.6

Enteric fever

19 (9)

4 (4 – 10)

10.5

Community acquired pneumonia

56 (26)

4 (3 – 6)

12.5

Fever of unknown origin

17 (8)

6 (3 – 12)

23.5

Other diagnosis, or unspecified

65 (30)

5 (3 – 9)

21.5