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Table 3 Association of POD with other outcomes in patients surviving to Day 28

From: Persistent organ dysfunction plus death: a novel, composite outcome measure for critical care trials

 

Without POD (n= 324)

With POD (n= 113)

Total (n= 437)

P-values

Delta SOFA score (mean ± SD)

2.1 ± 2.2

3.5 ± 3.1

2.5 ± 2.5

<0.001

Length of stay in ICU*

8.8 (6.2, 13.4)

28.0 (20.4, 43.9)

10.0 (6.7, 18.3)

<0.001

Length of stay in Hospital*

22.1 (13.1, 42.0)

49.0 (30.1, 74.3)

28.3 (15.5, 53.9)

<0.001

Hospital Mortality

20 (6.2%)

19 (16.8%)

39 (8.9%)

0.001

  1. *Median (first quartile, third quartile) days from admission to discharge or death compared by the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
  2. ICU, Intensive Care Unit.
  3. SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
  4. POD, Persistent Organ Dysfunction Score.