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Table 2 The demographics and baseline clinical data of the EHS patients for EHSS establishment and EHSS verification

From: Establishment and effectiveness evaluation of a scoring system for exertional heat stroke by retrospective analysis

Variables

Total

Survival group

Nonsurvival group

P

EHSS establishment (n)

90

69

21

 

 Male [n(%)]

84 (93.3)

64 (92.8)

20 (95.2)

1.000

 Age [year, M(Q)]

22 (19–32)

22 (19–26.5)

27 (20.5–37.5)

0.066

 APACHE II score (x ± s)

23.5 ± 8.6

20.7 ± 7.4

32.8 ± 4.7

0.048

 Vasoactive drugs [n(%)]

25 (27.8)

14 (20.3)

11 (52.4)

0.013

 Cooling effect [n(%)]

32 (35.6)

27 (39.1)

5 (23.8)

0.161

EHSS verification (n)

80

62

18

 

 Male [n(%)]

72 (90.0)

58 (93.5)

14 (77.8)

0.071

 Age [year, M(Q)]

24 (20–30)

25 (20.7–30.2)

20.5 (19.7–27.2)

0.146

 APACHE II score (x ± s)

21.2 ± 7.3

18.9 ± 5.9

29.1 ± 6.4

< 0.001

 Vasoactive drugs [n(%)]

29 (36.3)

17 (27.4)

12 (66.7)

0.002

 Cooling effect [n(%)]

35 (43.8)

29 (46.8)

6 (33.3)

0.312

  1. EHSS Exertional Heat Stroke Score, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, Cooling effect. Core body temperature dropped to 38.5 °C within 2 h after EHS onset