Table 2 Characteristics of ICU-acquired CDI patients
From: Outcome of ICU patients with Clostridium difficile infection
Characteristics | Values | |
|---|---|---|
Age | 63 (55; 75) | |
Sex | Female | 18 (38.3) |
Male | 29 (61.7) | |
Immunocompromised | No | 41 (87.2) |
Yes | 6 (12.8) | |
Diabetes | No | 40 (85.1) |
Yes | 7 (14.9) | |
Renal chronic disease (Knaus) | No | 42 (89.4) |
Yes | 5 (10.6) | |
Cancer | No | 46 (97.9) |
Yes | 1 (2.1) | |
McCabe Score | Unplanned death in five years | 32 (68.1) |
Planned death between one and five years | 12 (25.5) | |
Planned death in a year | 3 (6.4) | |
Pseudomenbranous colitis | No | 23 (48.9) |
Yes | 24 (51.1) | |
Maximum wbc $ | 13,660 (10,100; 19,400) | |
Maximum creat $ | 120 (73; 206) | |
Maximum temperature (°C) | 38.5 (38; 38.8) | |
Maxmimu Ht (%) | 28.5 (27; 31.5) | |
Corticosteroids | No | 30 (63.8) |
Yes | 17 (36.2) | |
Enteral nutrition | No | 15 (31.9) |
Yes | 32 (68.1) | |
CDI severity score £ | 2 | 1 (2.1) |
3 | 7 (14.9) | |
4 | 14 (29.8) | |
5 | 14 (29.8) | |
6 | 7 (14.9) | |
7 | 4 (8.5) | |
SOFA score (CDI day) | 5 (3; 7) | |
SOFA coagulation | 0 (0; 1) | |
SOFA respiratory | 1 (1; 2) | |
SOFA liver | 0 (0; 0) | |
SOFA hemodynamic | 1 (0; 1) | |
SOFA neurology | 1 (0; 3) | |
SOFA kidney | 0 (0; 2) |