Table 2 Laboratory values and severity of illness characteristics

APACHE II score

26.1

8.2

Blood assay on day 1

 Creatinine (μmol/l)

219

181

 Bilirubin (μmol/l)

41

84

 Bicarbonate (mEq/l)

19.4

6.5

 Lactate (mmol/l)

4.8

4.4

 Platelets (×10⁹/l)

196

139

 International Normalized Ratio

1.8

1.4

 White blood cell count (×10⁶/l)

16.3

16.1

 Heart rate (/minute)

115

29

Number

Percentage

Infection characteristics

 Nosocomial

2,594

39.8

 Bacteremia/fungemia

2,895

34.6

 Culture-positive

4,584

70.4

Primary infection site

 Pulmonary

2,643

40.6

 Abdominal/gastrointestinal

1,814

27.8

 Urinary

691

10.6

 Skin/soft tissue

469

7.2

 Central nervous system

54

8.3

 Intravascular catheter

224

3.4

 Primary bloodstream

379

5.8

 Disseminated systemic

135

2.1

 Bone and joint

42

0.6

 Mediastinal

63

1

Infecting organism

 Staphylococus aureus

778

17.0

 Sreptococcus pneumoniae

350

7.6

 Other streptococci

272

5.9

 Other Gram-positive cocci

218

4.8

 Escherichia coli

940

20.5

 Other enterobacteriaciae

773

16.9

 Nonenterobacteriaciae Gram-negative bacilli

464

10.1

 Miscellaneous bacteria

314

6.8

 Candida/fungi

474

10.3