From: Infections of respiratory or abdominal origin in ICU patients: what are the differences?
Characteristic | All patients (n = 542) | Abdominal infection (n = 162) | Respiratory infection (n = 380) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 63.2 ± 15.7 | 65.1 ± 15.0 | 62.4 ± 16.0 | 0.11 |
Male | 314 (58.4%) | 89 (55.3%) | 225 (59.7%) | 0.34 |
SAPS II score | 43.6 ± 17.1 | 43.1 ± 17.7 | 43.9 ± 16.8 | 0.42 |
SOFA score | 6.5 ± 4.1 | 6.4 ± 4.0 | 6.6 ± 4.2 | 0.65 |
Co-morbidities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cancer | 79 (14.6%) | 34 (21.0%) | 45 (11.8%) | 0.006 |
   Hematologic cancer | 26 (4.8%) | 2 (1.2%) | 24 (6.3%) | 0.01 |
   COPD | 107 (19.7%) | 19 (11.7%) | 88 (23.2%) | 0.002 |
   Cirrhosis | 26 (4.8%) | 10 (6.2%) | 16 (4.2%) | 0.32 |
   HIV and/or AIDS | 7 (1.3%) | 0 | 7 (1.8%) | 0.10 |
   Heart failure | 42 (7.7%) | 8 (4.9%) | 34 (8.9%) | 0.11 |
   Diabetes | 35 (6.5%) | 9 (5.6%) | 26 (6.8%) | 0.57 |
Admission category | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Medical | 333 (61.4%) | 32 (19.8%) | 301 (79.2%) | < 0.001 |
   Surgical | 209 (38.6%) | 130 (80.2%) | 79 (20.8%) | < 0.001 |
Elective | 82 (15.1%) | 35 (21.6%) | 47 (12.4%) | Â |
Emergency | 127 (23.4%) | 95 (58.6%) | 32 (8.4%) | Â |
Source of admission | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
   ER/Ambulance | 118 (24.0%) | 17 (11.6%) | 101 (29.3%) |  |
   Hospital floor | 191 (38.9%) | 40 (27.4%) | 151 (43.8%) |  |
   OR/Recovery | 126 (25.7%) | 82 (56.2%) | 44 (12.8%) |  |
   Hospital other | 56 (11.4%) | 7 (4.8%) | 49 (14.2%) |  |
Admission diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
   Monitoring | 15 (2.8%) | 7 (4.5%) | 8 (2.1%) |  |
   Neurologic | 51 (9.5%) | 3 (1.9%) | 48 (12.7%) |  |
   Respiratory | 229 (42.8%) | 15 (9.6%) | 214 (56.6%) |  |
   Cardiovascular | 123 (23.0%) | 53 (33.8%) | 70 (18.5%) |  |
   Renal | 14 (2.6%) | 9 (5.7%) | 5 (1.3%) |  |
   Digestive/liver | 73 (13.6%) | 63 (40.1%) | 10 (2.6%) |  |
   Trauma | 16 (3.0%) | 4 (2.5%) | 12 (3.2%) |  |
   Others | 14 (2.7%) | 3 (2.0%) | 11 (2.9%) |  |
Sepsis syndromes | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Severe sepsis | 391 (72.1%) | 113 (69.8%) | 278 (73.2%) | 0.41 |
   Septic shock | 177 (32.7%) | 65 (40.1%) | 112 (29.5%) | 0.01 |
Length of ICU stay (days) | 6 (3 - 13) | 6 (2 - 15) | 6 (3 - 13) | 0.95 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 21 (10 - 44) | 27 (13 - 48) | 20 (10 - 41) | 0.02 |
ICU mortality | 157 (29.0%) | 47 (29.0%) | 110 (28.9%) | 0.98 |
Hospital mortality | 204 (37.6%) | 60 (37.5%) | 144 (38.1%) | 0.89 |