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Table 1 Hospital and demographic characteristics for participating centers

From: Brazilian Sepsis Epidemiological Study (BASES study)

Characteristic

Hospital Albert Einstein

Hospital Geral do Grajaú

Hospital Governador Celso Ramos

Hospital Universitário da UFSC

Hospital dos Servidores do Estado de SP

 
 

(Center 1)

(Center 2)

(Center 3)

(Center 4)

(Center 5)

 

Type

Private tertiary hospital

Public community hospital managed by a private university

Public tertiary hospital with a regional trauma center

Public University hospital

Public tertiary teaching hospital

 

Number of beds

400

249

272

255

391

 

Number of ICU beds

28

12

12

06

16

 

Stepdown unit

Yes

No

No

No

No

 

Mean monthly hospital admissions

1400

1050

503

624

2184

 

Mean monthly ICU admissions

170

38

46

25

103

 

Enrollment period

21 May to 10 October 2001

21 May to 10 October 2001

21 May to 10h October 2001

21 May to 10 October 2001

1 November to 31 January 2002

Overall

Number of ICU admissions

837

194

228

124

305

1688

Number of excluded patients

100

02

07

10

13

132

Number of missed patients

134

11

02

12

14

173

Number of enrolled patients

603

181

219

102

278

1383

Ratio of >24 h patients to all patients

0.59

0.80

0.57

0.75

0.64

0.64

Mean ICU LOS, days

1 (1–4)

4 (2–9)

2 (1–7)

2 (1–6)

2 (1–6)

2 (1–6)

Overall ICU mortality rate,%

11.6

38.25

27.7

28.7

26.1

21.8

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay. Figures in parentheses are interquartile ranges.