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