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Table 3 Time to antimicrobial therapy and source control according to survival

From: Impact of compliance with infection management guidelines on outcome in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational multi-center study

 

Survivors

Nonsurvivors

P value

Time to antimicrobial therapy (hours)

 28-day survival

2.0 (0.6 to 5.6)

2.5 (1.0 to 6.6)

0.112

(n = 659)

(n = 352)

 ICU survival

2.0 (0.7 to 5.4)

2.8 (0.9 to 7.0)

0.023

(n = 667)

(n = 329)

 Hospital survival

2.0 (0.6 to 5.1)

2.8 (0.9 to 7.0)

0.020

(n = 581)

(n = 329)

Time to source control (hours)

 28-day survival

2.0 (−0.5 to 10.1)

5.7 (0.4 to 18.0)

0.004

(n = 286)

(n = 139)

 ICU survival

2.0 (−0.6 to 9.1)

6.0 (0.5 to 19.9)

<0.001

(n = 286)

(n = 132)

 Hospital survival

2.0 (−0.5 to 9.3)

5.5 (0.4 to 18.9)

0.001

 

(n = 249)

(n = 166)

 
  1. Data are shown as median and interquartile range.