Table 1 Characterization of postoperative patients and patients with severe sepsis (survivors, non-survivors, all)
From: Whole blood impedance aggregometry as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of severe sepsis
Patient characteristics | Postoperative patients mean and SD median (quartiles) | Survivors of sepsis mean and SD median (quartiles) | Non-survivors of sepsis mean and SD median (quartiles) | All patients with sepsis mean and SD median (quartiles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient number (n =) | 50 | 60 | 20 | 80 |
Age | 57.1 ± 17.2 65.0 (47.0, 70.0) | 58.8 ± 16.7 60.0 (46.0, 74.0) | 53.4 ± 14.1 53.0 (47.5, 64.5) | 57.5 ± 16.1 57.0 (47.3, 69.0) |
Gender | 23/27 | 40/20 | 9/11 | 49/31 |
Primary diagnosis | ||||
GI disease | 6 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
GI cancer | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Cancer other | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Urogenital disease | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Urogenital cancer | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiovascular | 10 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
Lung disease | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Lung cancer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Infection type | ||||
Gram-pos | 0 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
Gram-neg | 0 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
Fungal | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
None | 0 | 12 | 4 | 16 |