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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of all patients admitted in the ICU, patients with CASS, comparing day vs. night patients.

From: Differences in compliance with Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommendations according to hospital entrance time: day versus night

Patients' characteristics

Total ICU patients,

n= 1223

ICU patients with CASS,

n= 300

Day patients,

n= 123

Night patients,

n= 177

Day vs. night, P value

Age (years), mean (SD)

55 (19)

58 (17)

60 (17)

57 (17)

0.164a

Male sex, n (%)

799 (65)

178 (59)

94 (56)

84 (64)

0.137b

SAPS II, mean ± SD

45 ± 16

58 ± 17

48 (15)

47 (17)

0.506a

ICU LOS, median (IQR)

7 (3-13)

8 (3-15)

8 (3-16)

8 (3-13)

0.587c

ICU mortality rate, n (%)

357 (29)

100 (33)

60 (36)

40 (31)

0.365b

Hospital LOS, median (IQR)

16 (7-32)

16 (7-27)

17 (7-31)

13 (6-24)

0.106c

Hospital mortality rate, n (%)

413 (34)

111 (37)

67 (40)

44 (34)

0.281b

  1. aIndependent sample t-test.
  2. bChi-square test.
  3. cMann-Whitney test.
  4. CASS: Community-acquired severe sepsis; ICU: Intensive care unit; IQR: Interquartile range; LOS: Length of stay; SD: Standard deviation.