Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study patients
From: Epidermal wound healing in severe sepsis and septic shock in humans
Septic patients | |
|---|---|
Male gender | 22 (63%) |
Age, years | 62 (range 24 to 80, SD 12) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 28 (range 21 to 47, SD 6) |
Co-morbidities | |
Diabetes mellitus | 9 (26%) |
COPD | 4 (11%) |
Asthma | 3 (9%) |
Ischaemic heart disease | 7 (20%) |
Focus of infection | |
Lungs | 15 (43%) |
Intra-abdominal | 12 (34%) |
Urinary | 1 (3%) |
Primary blood | 2 (6%) |
Other | 5 (14%) |
Severity of the disease | |
APACHE II score on admission | 25 (range 9 to 44, SD 8) |
SOFA score | 9.3 (range 1 to 22, SD 4) |
Sepsis steroid | 24 (69%) |
Septic shock | 29 (83%) |
Multiple organ failure | 23 (66%) |
Outcome variables | |
ICU length of stay, days | 7.9 (range 2 to 30, SD 6) |
ICU mortality | 7 (20%) |
Hospital mortality | 9 (26%) |
30-day mortality | 10 (29%) |