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Table 2 Outcomes throughout the intervention in the whole population and according to the success of the institutions

From: Implementation of sepsis bundles in public hospitals in Brazil: a prospective study with heterogeneous results

Variables

Baseline

(n = 384)

Second quarter

(n = 288)

Third quarter

(n = 422)

Fourth quarter

(n = 531)

Fifth quarter

(n = 563)

Sixth quarter

(n = 492)

Seventh quarter

(n = 398)

Eighth quarter

(n = 357)

p Valuea

Hospital mortality

 All institutions

226 (58.9)

177 (61.5)

236 (55.9)

278 (52.4)

280 (49.7)

250 (50.8)

183 (46.0)

166 (46.5)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

113 (51.4)

71 (60.2)

122 (50.4)

103 (43.3)

117 (45.0)

78 (36.1)

77 (36.8)

114 (41.0)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

113 (68.9)

106 (62.4)

114 (63.3)

175 (59.7)

163 (53.8)

172 (62.3)

106 (56.1)

52 (65.8)

 

Hospital mortality: sepsis

 All institutions

85 (42.7)

76 (47.8)

108 (43.7)

155 (45.1)

125 (35.9)

118 (39.3)

97 (35.9)

85 (37.3)

0.028

 Successful institutions

36 (31.9)

35 (52.2)

56 (39.2)

60 (36.1)

64 (35.2)

33 (24.8)

43 (28.5)

64 (33.3)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

49 (57.0)

41 (44.6)

52 (50.0)

95 (53.4)

61 (36.7)

85 (50.9)

54 (45.4)

21 (58.3)

 

Hospital mortality: septic shock

 All institutions

141 (76.2)

101 (78.3)

128 (73.1)

123 (65.8)

155 (72.1)

132 (68.8)

86 (67.2)

81 (62.8)

0.0020

 Successful institutions

77 (72.0)

36 (70.6)

66 (66.7)

43 (59.7)

53 (67.9)

45 (54.2)

34 (58.6)

50 (58.1)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

64 (82.1)

65 (83.3)

62 (81.6)

80 (69.6)

102 (74.5)

87 (79.8)

52 (74.3)

31 (72.1)

 

Hospital mortality: ED

 All institutions

94/184 (51.1)

69/114 (60.5)

91/179 (50.8)

104/224 (46.4)

109/247 (44.1)

97/232 (41.8)

78/201 (38.8)

113/248 (45.6)

0.003

 Successful institutions

63/136 (46.3)

31/55 (56.4)

50/108 (46.3)

38/110 (34.5)

53/138 (38.4)

35/116 (30.2)

34/113 (30.1)

82/207 (39.6)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

31/48 (64.6)

38/59 (64.4)

41/71 (57.7)

66/114 (57.9)

56/109 (51.4)

62/116 (53.4)

44/88 (50.0)

31/41 (75.6)

 

Hospital mortality: wards

 All institutions

99/145 (68.3)

71/129 (55.0)

116/184 (63.0)

128/221 (57.9)

116/219 (53.0)

101/174 (58.0)

67/141 (47.5)

28/65 (43.1)

0.0001

 Successful institutions

29/48 (60.4)

26/42 (61.9)

54/91 (59.3)

41/77 (53.2)

33/67 (49.3)

15/47 (31.9)

22/60 (36.7)

11/35 (31.4)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

70/97 (72.2)

45/87 (51.7)

62/93 (66.7)

87/144 (60.4)

83/152 (54.6)

86/127 (67.7)

45/81 (55.6)

17/30 (56.7)

 

Hospital mortality: ICU

 All institutions

33/55 (60.0)

37/45 (82.2)

29/59 (49.2)

46/86 (53.5)

55/97 (56.7)

52/86 (60.5)

38/56 (67.9)

25/44 (56.8)

0.921

 Successful institutions

21/36 (58.3)

14/21 (66.7)

18/43 (41.9)

24/51 (47.1)

31/55 (56.4)

28/53 (52.8)

21/36 (58.3)

21/36 (58.3)

0.001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

12/19 (63.2)

23/24 (95.8)

11/16 (68.8)

22/35(62.9)

24/42 (57.1)

24/33 (72.7)

17/20 (85.0)

4/8 (50.0)

 

Percentage of sepsis

 All institutions

199 (51.8)

159 (55.2)

247 (58.5)

344 (64.8)

348 (61.8)

300 (61.0)

270 (67.8)

228 (63.9)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

113 (51.4)

67 (56.8)

143 (59.1)

166 (69.7)

182 (70.0)

133 (61.6)

151 (72.2)

192 (69.1)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

86 (52.4)

92 (54.1)

104 (57.8)

178 (60.8)

166 (54.8)

167 (60.5)

119 (63.0)

36 (45.6)

 

Time to sepsis diagnosis, h

 All institutions

5.0 (1.5–17.0)

5.3 (1.5–19.5)

3.0 (0.9–10.9)

2.1 (0.9–7.7)

2.2 (0.8–8.7)

2.0 (0.7–6.8)

1.3 (0.6–4.0)

1.0 (0.4–2.1)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

5.7 (1.7–14.8)

5.2 (1.6–14.8)

2.6 (0.9–8.0)

1.7 (0.8–5.3)

2.0 (0.8–5.7)

1.1 (0.5–3.0)

1.0 (0.5–2.6)

0.8 (0.4–2.0)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

4.0 (1.3–18.0)

6.3 (1.5–22.0)

4.7 (1.0–13.8)

3.5 (1.0–12.5)

2.9 (0.8–13.5)

3.7 (1.0–14.1)

2.5 (1.0–8.6)

2.0 (1.0–7.5)

 

APACHE II score, points

 All institutions

23 (18–30)

23 (18–29)

20 (15–27)

19 (15–24)

18 (14–22)

18 (14–23)

17 (13–22)

17 (13–21)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

21 (17–28)

22 (18–29)

20 (15–25)

18 (14–23)

17 (13–21)

18 (14–22.2)

17 (12–21)

16.5 (13–21)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

26 (20–31)

23 (18–28.8)

22 (15.5–28.5)

20 (15–26)

18 (14–22)

19 (14–23)

17 (13–22)

19 (15–23.5)

 

SOFA score, points

 All institutions

8 (5–12)

8 (5–11)

7 (5–11)

7 (4–11)

7 (4–11)

7 (4–10)

6 (4–9)

6 (4–10)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

7 (4–11)

8 (5–11)

7 (4–10)

6 (3–9)

6 (3–10)

7 (4–10)

6 (3–9)

6 (3–9)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

9 (6–12)

8 (5–11)

8 (5–12)

8 (5–11)

8 (5–12)

7 (5–11)

6 (4–9)

9 (6–12)

 

Number of organ dysfunctions

 All institutions

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (2–3)

 

Compliance with the first three itemsb

 All institutions

46 (12.0)

37 (12.8)

74 (17.5)

162 (30.5)

183 (32.5)

163 (33.1)

149 (37.4)

151 (42.3)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

21 (9.5)

11 (9.3)

37 (15.3)

70 (29.4)

77 (29.6)

72 (33.3)

70 (33.5)

102 (36.7)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

25 (15.2)

26 (15.3)

37 (20.6)

92 (31.4)

106 (35.0)

91 (33.0)

79 (41.8)

49 (62.0)

 

Full compliance with 6-h bundle

 All institutions

22 (5.7)

20 (6.9)

41 (9.7)

89 (16.8)

99 (17.6)

82 (16.7)

92 (23.1)

82 (23.0)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

10 (4.5)

8 (6.8)

25 (10.3)

41 (17.2)

37 (14.2)

33 (15.3)

44 (21.1)

59 (21.2)

0.016

 Nonsuccessful institutions

12 (7.3)

12 (7.1)

16 (8.9)

48 (16.4)

62 (20.5)

49 (17.8)

48 (25.4)

23 (29.1)

 

Compliance with fluids and vasopressors

 All institutions

210 (60.9)

156 (62.2)

271 (76.6)

318 (75.2)

355 (79.1)

323 (81.4)

244 (82.7)

254 (91.0)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

125 (61.0)

55 (51.9)

164 (76.6)

150 (79.4)

164 (82.4)

138 (82.6)

139 (89.7)

203 (95.3)

<0.0001

 Nonsuccessful institutions

85 (60.7)

101 (69.7)

107 (76.4)

168 (71.8)

191 (76.4)

185 (80.4)

105 (75.0)

51 (77.3)

 

Compliance with antibiotics

 All institutions

218 (56.8)

164 (56.9)

271 (64.2)

358 (67.4)

386 (68.6)

347 (70.5)

274 (68.8)

263 (73.7)

<0.0001

 Successful institutions

125 (56.8)

70 (59.3)

167 (69.0)

159 (66.8)

183 (70.4)

158 (73.1)

143 (68.4)

205 (73.7)

0.1072

 Nonsuccessful institutions

93 (56.7)

94 (55.3)

104 (57.8)

199 (67.9)

203(67.0)

189 (68.5)

131 (69.3)

58 (73.4)

 
  1. APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ED Emergency department, ICU Intensive care unit, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
  2. aGeneral linear models. The first p value refers to the comparison throughout the intervention; the second p value refers to the comparison between successful and nonsuccessful institutions
  3. bIncludes lactate sampling, blood cultures, and antibiotics in the first hour