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Table 5 Outcomes among patients with severe sepsis

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

 

Center

  

Outcome

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

All

P

ARDS (%)

5.5

10.7

13.2

7.3

8.4

6.6

2.8

21.8

9.1

0.001

Renal failure (%)

9.5

15.2

24.5

35.0

32.5

14.8

21.9

20.4

19.7

0.001

Liver failure (%)

11.0

9.6

9.9

27.9

12.7

4.1

5.0

15.7

12.2

0.001

DIC (%)

9.4

14.6

14.0

15.0

10.4

7.2

5.9

5.5

10.3

0.024

Shock (%)

23.9

37.2

45.6

70.0

52.8

42.7

57.8

63.8

45.4

0.001

CNS dysfunction (%)

0.3

15.2

33.8

36.1

35.8

22.4

0.8

37.5

18.9

0.001

Death (%)

19.3

26.0

49.1

31.0

28.3

40.2

36.6

34.0

30.0

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. ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; C, center; CNS, central nervous system; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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