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Table 2 Demographics, injury severity, and outcome among subsets of patientsa

From: Increased serum soluble Fas after major trauma is associated with delayed neutrophil apoptosis and development of sepsis

Parameter

All patients

Nonsepsis

Sepsis

Number, n

47

29

18

Age, yr (±SEM)

45.9 ± 2.9

41.1 ± 4.4

53.5 ± 4.6b

ISS (±SEM)

32.9 ± 1.7

30.5 ± 2.0

36.7 ± 2.8b

ICU, days (±SEM)

18.1 ± 2.6

13.2 ± 2.9

25.9 ± 4.3b

Sepsis, % (n)

38.3 (18)

0 (0)

100 (18)

Death, % (n)

10.6 (5)

0 (0)

27.8 (5)

Max SOFA day 1

9.2 ± 0.6

8.4 ± 0.9

10.6 ± 0.5

Max SOFA day 5

6.2 ± 0.6

4.4 ± 0.8

9.1 ± 0.7b

Max SOFA day 9

4 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.6

7.1 ± 1.0b

  1. aISS, injury severity score; ICU, intensive care unit length of stay; Max SOFA, maximal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; bP < 0.05 between sepsis and nonsepsis groups.