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Table 4 Variation in therapeutic modalities use by center in patients with severe sepsis

From: Severe sepsis: variation in resource and therapeutic modality use among academic centers

 

Center

  

Modality

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

All

P

PAC (%)

8.7

10.3

25.7

30.6

25.1

24.2

15.5

35.1

19.4

0.001

Ventilator support (%)

11.5

19.6

36.4

34.1

29.3

20.1

12.9

28.3

21.8

0.001

Pressor support after onset (%)

41.8

31.4

53.7

51.8

47.6

42.5

60.4

50.7

45.8

0.001

On albumin within 24 hours after onset (%)

8.2

16.7

13.1

15.4

6.0

13.4

18.1

29.1

14.4

0.001

On hetastarch within 24 hours after onset (%)

0.6

0.5

0

6.3

0

0

0.3

6.8

1.8

0.001

On dextran within 24 hours after onset (%)

2.2

0

0

1.4

0

6.2

0

0.7

1.3

0.001

Antibiotic given within 24 hours after onset (%)

98.5

95.9

87.0

93.9

92.6

93.0

95.5

92.3

94.7

0.001

  1. Data were collected at 28 days or discharge after onset of first sepsis episode. Percentages were calculated using number of admission with severe sepsis in each center as the denominator; P value for test % variation across sites. C, center; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter.