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Table 1 General characterisation of the total number of admissions in the participating units

From: Reducing mortality in severe sepsis with the implementation of a core 6-hour bundle: results from the Portuguese community-acquired sepsis study (SACiUCI study)

 

Type of hospital

Type of ICU

Number of beds

Total of ICU admissions n (%)

ICU LOS (median; IQR)

SAPS II (median; IQR)

CAS patients n (%)

Unit 1

Community

Medical

5

203 (5)

5

(2 - 9)

44

(33 - 60)

54 (27)

Unit 2

University

Mixed

6

177 (4)

6

(3 - 14)

38

(29 - 53)

22 (12)

Unit 3

Community

Mixed

6

253 (6)

4

(2 - 9)

37

(27 - 49)

76 (30)

Unit 4

Community

Medical

6

237 (6)

6

(4 - 11)

43

(32 - 56)

52 (22)

Unit 5

University

Mixed

5

124 (3)

5

(2 - 10)

45

(33 - 57)

22 (18)

Unit 6

Community

Mixed

8

291 (7)

6

(3 - 12)

43

(34 - 53)

63 (22)

Unit 7

University

Mixed

12

347 (8)

6

(3 - 12)

43

(32 - 52)

149 (43)

Unit 8

University

Mixed

12

300 (7)

10

(4 - 18)

50

(39 - 63)

28 (9)

Unit 9

Community

Mixed

11

331 (8)

3

(2 - 5)

37

(31 - 50)

0 (0)

Unit 10

University

Mixed

20

494 (12)

10

(6 - 19)

43

(33 - 53)

106 (21)

Unit 11

Community

Mixed

8

255 (6)

7

(4 - 13)

33

(24 - 43)

45 (18)

Unit 12

University

Medical

8

272 (7)

6

(3 - 13)

41

(28 - 56)

79 (29)

Unit 13

Community

Mixed

4

127 (3)

5

(3 - 11)

49

(33 - 58)

29 (23)

Unit 14

University

Mixed

11

366 (9)

6

(4 - 12)

45

(34 - 60)

96 (26)

Unit 15

University

Medical

8

166 (4)

7

(3 - 12)

48

(36 - 57)

41 (25)

Unit 16

Community

Mixed

6

82 (2)

3

(2 - 9)

26

(18 - 40)

8 (10)

Unit 17

University

Medical

14

117 (3)

10

(3 - 24)

53

(39 - 67)

27 (23)

TOTAL

 

17

150

4142 (100)

6

(3 - 13)

42

(31 - 55)

897 (22)

  1. CAS: community-acquired sepsis; LOS: length of stay; IQR: interquartile range; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiological Score.