Table 2 Patient characteristics at admission, outcomes, and hospitals’ characteristics
From: Health inequities in the diagnosis and outcome of sepsis in Argentina: a prospective cohort study
|  | Public hospitals’ ICUs = 23 | Private hospitals’ ICUs = 26 | Missing values | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 367 (45) | 442 (55) | Â | Â |
Patient characteristics | ||||
 Patient origin upon entry to study |  |  | 23 | 0.20 |
  Community | 192/354 (54) | 239/432 (55) |  |  |
  Hospital | 113/354 (32) | 138/432 (32) |  |  |
  ICU | 40/354 (11) | 40/432 (9) |  |  |
  Third-level institution | 5/354 (1) | 14/432 (3) |  |  |
  Unknown | 4/354 (1) | 1/432 (0) |  |  |
 APACHE II | 20 ± 9 N = 323 | 18 ± 7 N = 419 | 67 | < 0.01 |
 SOFA | 8 [5–11] N = 354 | 6 [4–9] N = 433 | 22 | < 0.01 |
 Lactate (mmol/L) | 2 [2–4] N = 315 | 2 [1–3] N = 404 | 90 | < 0.01 |
 Admission with septic shock | 172/367 (47) | 155/442 (35) | 0 | < 0.01 |
 Use of mechanical ventilation | 257/367 (70) | 211/440 (48) | 2 | < 0.01 |
 Requirement of a fluid bolus of 30 ml/kg | 264/367 (72) | 309/442 (70) | 0 | 0.47 |
 Time to first antibiotic dose (hours) | 2 [1–3] N = 301 | 2 [1–3] N = 398 | 10 | 0.47 |
 Antibiotic administration |  |  | 110 | 0.31 |
  Inadequate | 39 (13) | 43 (11) |  |  |
  Adequate | 168 (56) | 245 (62) |  |  |
  Negative cultures (%) | 94 (31) | 110 (28) |  |  |
 Infections by highly resistant microorganisms†| 93/367 (26) | 85/442 (19) | 0 | 0.02 |
Patient outcomes | ||||
 Length of mechanical ventilation (days) | 8 [4–15] N = 338 | 8 [3–16] N = 407 | 64 | 0.44 |
 Length of ICU stay (days) | 10 [4–20] N = 359 | 9 [4–18] N = 430 | 20 | 0.20 |
 Length of hospital stay (days) | 18 [9–37] N = 337 | 19 [9–31] N = 390 | 82 | 0.22 |
 28-day mortality | 153/367 (42) | 107/442 (24) | 0 | < 0.01 |
 Hospital mortality | 172/367 (47) | 131/442 (30) | 0 | < 0.01 |