Baseline characteristic | N (%), N total = 48 |
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Age (median years, IQR) | 64 (52–74) |
Female | 21 (44%) |
Admitted to ICU from hospital floor | 12 (25%) |
Baseline immunosuppression | 18 (38%) |
Primary reason for ICU admission, organized by organ system | |
 Cardiovascular/shock | 14 (29%) |
 Respiratory failure | 10 (21%) |
 Neurological | 7 (15%) |
 Gastrointestinal | 6 (13%) |
 Liver | 5 (10%) |
 Malignancy | 3 (6%) |
 Renal failure | 3 (6%) |
Treatments received in the ICU, from the time of admission until 72 h later | |
 Antibiotics | |
  Any antibiotics | 41 (85%) |
  Broad-spectrum antibiotics | 39 (81%) |
 Non-antibiotic interventions | |
  Enteral feeding | 36 (75%) |
  Opioids | 35 (73%) |
  Mechanical ventilation | 26 (54%) |
  Proton pump inhibitors | 22 (46%) |
  Hemodialysis | 6 (13%) |
Clinical outcomes within 30 days of ICU admission* | |
 Culture-proven infections | 19 (40%) |
 MDR infections | 14 (29%) |
 Death | 11 (23%) |