Table 1 Number, age, sex, primary site of infection, grade of sepsis, severity scores, length of stay and mortality of patients subdivided for semesters
Parameters | Total | January to June 2005 | July to December 2005 | January to June 2006 | July to December 2006 | January to June 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients (n) | 67 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
Age (years; mean ± SD) | 63 ± 16 | 65 ± 9 | 69 ± 13 | 66 ± 18 | 58 ± 17 | 61 ± 20 |
Female (n, %) | 23(46) | 1 (8) | 3 (27) | 4 (40) | 6 (46) | 9 (45) |
ED admissions (n, %) | 16 (24) | 1 (8) | 2 (18) | 3 (30) | 4 (31) | 6 (30) |
Surgical admissions (n, %) | 38 (56) | 8 (61) | 8 (73) | 4 (40) | 7 (54) | 11 (55) |
Primary site of infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pneumonia(%) | 36 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 35 |
Intra-abdominal (%) | 27 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 38 | 25 |
Blood (%) | 15 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
Urinary tract(%) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
Surgical wound(%) | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
Other (%) | 7 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
Septic shock (n, %) | 50 (75) | 11 (85) | 10 (91) | 7 (70) | 9 (69) | 13 (65) |
Blood lactate > 4 mmol/L (n, %) | 28 (42) | 4 (31) | 8 (73) | 3 (30) | 6 (46) | 7 (35) |
SAPS (mean ± SD) | 53 ± 21 | 50 ± 15 | 53 ± 29 | 61 ± 24 | 47 ± 19 | 55 ± 21 |
SOFA (mean ± SD) | 9.7 ± 3.9 | 12.3 ± 4.0 | 10.1 ± 4.6 | 10.1 ± 4.0 | 8.4 ± 3.4 | 8.4 ± 2.9 |
ICU LOS (days; mean ± SD) | 16 ± 19 | 24 ± 33 | 24 ± 10 | 16 ± 24 | 16 ± 17 | 14 ± 9 |
H LOS (days; mean ± SD) | 44 ± 38 | 53 ± 34 | 31 ± 38 | 38 ± 49 | 56 ± 42 | 42 ± 25 |
H mortality overall (n, %) | 33 (49) | 9 (69) | 7 (64) | 7 (70) | 3 (23) | 7 (35) |
H mortality septic shock (n, %) | 30 (60) | 9 (82) | 8 (80) | 6 (86) | 2 (22) | 5 (38) |