From: Low systemic vascular resistance: differential diagnosis and outcome
Agea | Temperatureb | |||
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Group | Number | (mean ± SD) | (mean ± SD) | Clinical diagnoses |
Group 1: definitive sepsis | 18 | 52 ± 12 | 101.5 ± 1.6° F | Pneumonia (10); urinary tract infection (3); abdominal |
sepsis (2); toxic shock syndrome (1); meningitis (1); | ||||
cellulitis (1) | ||||
Group 2: probable sepsis | 4 | 48 ± 10 | 99.3 ± 4.17° F | Pneumonia (4) |
Group 3: possible sepsis | 20 | 51 ± 12.5 | 100.3 ± 2.36° F | Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (5); idiopathic (3) |
Group 4: nonseptic | 13 | 44 ± 17 | 98.4 ± 1.8°F | Cirrhosis (5); idiopathic (4); pancreatitis (3); adrenal |
insufficiency (1) |