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Table 3 Outcome of 311 patients with severe sepsis

From: Incidence, organ dysfunction and mortality in severe sepsis: a Spanish multicentre study

Stay from diagnosis of severe sepsis, days, median (IQR)

   

p Valuea

  

Survivors

Non-survivors

 

Hospital

 

35 (22 to 59)

15 (7 to 30)

0.000

Intensive care unit (ICU)

 

12 (5 to 23)

8 (3 to 18)

0.006

Pre ICU

 

1.5 (0 to 7)

2 (0 to 8)

0.287

Post ICU

 

15 (9 to 24)

10 (4 to 28)

0.298

Mortality

 

n (%)

95% CI

 

Day 28

 

149 (47.9)

42.2 to 53.6

 

ICU

 

150 (48.2)

42.5 to 53.9

 

Hospital

 

169 (54.3)

48.6 to 60.0

 
 

n

Hospital death (%)

95% CI

 

Acquisition site:

   

0.655

   Intra ICU

51

30 (58.8)

44.2 to 72.4

 

   Hospital

93

52 (55.9)

45.2 to 66.2

 

   Community

167

87 (52.1)

44.2 to 59.9

 

Admission category:

   

0.715

   Scheduled surgery

23

13 (56.5)

34.4 to 76.8

 

   Medical

179

101 (56.4)

48.9 to 64.0

 

   Unscheduled surgery

93

48 (51.6)

41.0 to 62.1

 

   Traumatological

16

7 (43.8)

19.7 to 70.1

 

Infection site:

   

0.008

   Abdomen

101

63 (62.4)

52.4 to 72.3

 

   Lung

138

82 (59.4)

50.9 to 68.0

 

   Soft tissues

8

4 (50)

15.7 to 84.3

 

   Surgical wound

10

3 (30)

6.7 to 65.2

 

   Catheter related

14

4 (28.6)

8.4 to 58.1

 

   Urinary tract

20

4 (20)

5.7 to 43.7

 

   Others

20

9 (45)

23.1 to 68.5

 
  1. ap Value for comparison between survivors and non-survivors.
  2. CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range.