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Table 3 Compliance with 6-hour sepsis care bundle and hospital mortality in 71 patients admitted into critical care units

From: The impact of compliance with 6-hour and 24-hour sepsis bundles on hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis: a prospective observational study

Parameter

CCU patient groups (n = 71)

P value

 

Compliant

Non-compliant

 

N (%)

42 (59%)

29

 

Age, median (range)

71 (59–81)

70 (51–75)

NS

Sex (M/F; n)

22/20

17/12

NS

Pneumonia/abdomen (%)

55/25%

56/26%

NS

Medical/surgical (%)

55/45%

57/43%

NS

Requiring 24-hour bundle (%)

57% (24/42)

45% (13/29)

NS

MEWS, median (IQR)

6 (5–6)

6 (5–6)

NS

APACHE II, mean (SD)

19 (5.6)

20 (7.7)

NS

Predicted hospital mortality (n)

27% (16)

29% (19)

NS

Hospital mortality (n)

29% (12)

55% (16)

0.045a

  1. aRelative risk 1.93, 95% confidence interval 1.08 to 3.45. APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; CCU, critical care unit; IQR, interquartile range; MEWS, modified early warning scores; NS, no statistical significance; SD, standard deviation.
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