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Table 3 Characteristics of the patients

From: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as an early prognostic factor in cancer patients developing septic shock

 

Number (percentage)

or median (25th–75th percentiles)

Age in years

56 (50–68)

Male gender

32 (62%)

SAPS II at ICU admission

50 (35–71)

LOD score on day 1

10 (6–10)

Time from sepsis to ICU admission in days

2 (0–6)

Time from ICU admission to septic shock in days

0 (0–1)

Norepinephrine treatment

46 (89%)

Epinephrine treatment

23 (45%)

Dobutamine treatment

15 (29%)

Mechanical ventilation

49 (96%)

Duration of mechanical ventilation in days

11 (7–20)

Renal replacement

24 (47%)

Duration of renal replacement in days

1 (0–7)

Type of infection

 

   Pulmonary sepsis

28 (55%)

   Abdominal sepsis

8 (15.7%)

   Urinary sepsis

1 (2%)

   Isolated bacteremia

14 (2 7.5%)

Microorganism

 

   Gram-negative bacilli

18 (35.3%)

   Gram-positive cocci

13 (25.5%)

   Fungus

9 (17.5%)

   Viruses

1 (2%)

   Not documented

10 (19.6%)

ICU length of stay in days

18 (10–28)

ICU mortality

26 (50.1%)

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; LOD, Logic Organ Dysfunction; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II.