Table 2 Performance of CRP according to clinical features of sepsis
Clinical features | Total n = 302 | Positive blood culture within clinical feature | Positive CRP within positive blood culture | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No | % | No | % | No | % |
Fever | 116 | 38.4 | 52 | 44.8 | 42 | 80.8 |
Respiratory distress | 112 | 37.1 | 48 | 42.9 | 37 | 77.1 |
Jaundice | 81 | 26.8 | 27 | 33.3 | 22 | 81.5 |
Poor suck | 75 | 24.8 | 39 | 52.0 | 29 | 74.4 |
Apnoea | 27 | 8.9 | 7 | 25.9 | 7 | 100.0 |
Hypothermia | 26 | 8.6 | 14 | 53.8 | 8 | 57.1 |
Convulsion | 20 | 6.6 | 10 | 50.0 | 6 | 60.0 |
Vomiting | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 60.0 | 9 | 100.0 |
Irritability | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 60.0 | 5 | 83.3 |
Lethargy | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 60.0 | 6 | 100.0 |