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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics observed in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

From: Predictors of mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in the ICU of a public teaching hospital

Variable

n= 72

Age, median (years; IQR)

53 ± 19

Male gender

64%

Type of admission

 

   Medical

33 (47%)

   Surgical

39 (53%)

ICU admission source

 

   Emergency room

34 (47%)

   Surgical room

38 (53%)

Interval between hospital admission and ICU

 

   >24 hours

20 (28%)

   <24 hours

52 (72%)

Physical examination

 

   Peripheral edema

46 (63.9%)

   Capillary refilling time reduced

45 (62.5%)

Sedation

 

   Yes

55 (76.4%)

   No

17 (23.6%)

Comorbidities

 

   Hypertension

23 (31.9%)

   Diabetes

11 (15.3%)

   Alcoholism

30 (41.6%)

   Smoking

29 (40%)

   Chronic renal failure

7 (9.7%)

Hemodialysis

18 (25%)

Blood products

39 (54.2%)

Cardiac arrest rate during ICU stay

4 (2.88%)

APACHE II, median (IQR)

28 (18 to 34)

SOFA score

 

   Initial, median (IQR)

3 (2 to 8)

   Media, median (IQR)

6 (5 to 10)

   Maximum, median (IQR)

11 (7 to 13)

Severe sepsis

15 (20.8%)

Septic shock

57 (79.2%)

ICU stay, median (days; IQR)

8 (4 to 15)

Hospital stay, median (days; IQR)

20 (8 to 40)

   Positive cultures

 

   Blood

12 (17%)

   Sterile tissue or cavity

11 (15%)

ICU mortality

13 (18%)

Hospital mortality

13 (18%)

  1. Demographic and clinical characteristics observed in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in the ICU/HRTN between April 2011 and October 2012. IQR, interquartile range.