Table 1 Characteristics of patients with severe sepsis and of healthy control individuals
From: Serum total antioxidant capacity reflects severity of illness in patients with severe sepsis
Patients with severe sepsis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Survivors (n = 54) | Nonsurvivors (n = 19) | Healthy controls (n = 76) |
Age (years) | 65.1 ± 17.0 | 68.4 ± 14.6 | 65 ± 7.9 |
Gender (male/female) | 29/25 | 12/7 | 43/33 |
APACHE II score | 21.0 ± 7.3 | 29.4 ± 7.8* | - |
Septic shock (emergency department visit) | 27 (50.0%) | 15 (78.9%)* | - |
Length of stay in ICU (days) | 29.2 ± 20.2 | 9.7 ± 11.0* | |
Diagnoses of severe sepsis (n [%]) | |||
Pneumonia | 29 (53.7) | 10 (52.6) | |
Soft tissue infections | 8 (14.8) | 1 (5.3) | |
Urinary tract infections | 6 (11.1) | 1 (5.3) | |
Biliary tract infections | 5 (9.3) | 1 (5.3) | |
Central nervous system infections | 1 (1.8) | 2 (10.5) | |
Unknown foci | 5 (9.3) | 4 (21.0) | |
Microbiological data (n) | |||
Gram-negative bacteria | 21 | 5 | |
Gram-positive bacteria | 12 | 3 | |
Polybacterial | 8 | 2 | |
Fungi | 3 | 0 | |
Positive culturesa | 45 | 10 | |
Positive bacteremiasb | 20 | 5 | |