Low base excess group | Normal base excess group | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
n (%) | 134 (80) | 34 (20) | |
Age (years) | 63 ± 19 | 68 ± 14 | 0.15 |
Gender, male (%) | 49 | 48 | 0.88 |
APACHE II score | 16 ± 11 | 15 ± 8 | 0.41 |
APACHE II predicted mortality (%) | 31 ± 27 | 26 ± 21 | 0.33 |
Actual mortality (%) | 19 | 17 | 0.53 |
McCabe score | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 0.62 |
SOFA score | 5 ± 5 | 4 ± 3 | 0.16 |
Medical/surgical admission (%) | 47 | 82 | 0.0002 |
Type of surgical admission | |||
Elective (%) | 34 | 15 | <0.03 |
Emergency (%) | 15 | 3 | 0.06 |
Trauma (%) | 3 | 0 | 0.31 |
Transferred from | |||
Emergency department (%) | 40 | 71 | <0.002 |
General ward (%) | 11 | 3 | 0.14 |
Time to intensive care unit admission (hours) | 3 (1 to 5) | 2 (2 to 5) | 0.90 |
Shock (%) | 46 | 24 | 0.02 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%) | 4 | 38 | <0.0001 |
Sepsis (%) | 23 | 21 | 0.75 |
Stroke | 15 | 6 | 0.09 |
Mechanical ventilation (%) | 40 | 35 | 0.22 |
Total bilirubin (mg%) | 1.1 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 1.7 | 0.65 |
Plasma urea (mg%) | 46 ± 31 | 54 ± 32 | 0.24 |
Plasma creatinine (mg%) | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 0.26 |