Serial measurement of pancreatic stone protein for the early detection of sepsis in intensive care unit patients: a prospective multicentric study

Table 2 Characteristics of patients in the sepsis group at the time of endpoint adjudication committee diagnosis of sepsis

Characteristics	Sepsis
Number of patients (n)	53
Time interval of the clinical diagnosis of sepsis, median [IQR]	6 [3, 8]
SOFA score, median [IQR]	9 [6, 10]
ICU treatments (n, %)
Mechanical ventilation	35 (66%)
Non reported mechanical ventilation	14 (26%)
Vasopressors	27 (51%)
Non reported vasopressors	1 (2%)
Biomarkers
PSP, median (ng/ml) [IQR]	205 [120.3, 621]
CRP, median (mg/l) [IQR]	167.3 [77.8, 257.6]
PCT, median (ng/ml) [IQR]	0.77 [0.2, 2.2]
Site of infection (n, %)	47 (87%)
Respiratory tract (n, %)	29 (62%)
Bloodstream (n, %)	5 (11%)
Renal urinary tract (n, %)	4 (9%)
Abdominal (n, %)	3 (6%)
Other (n, %)	6 (13%)

PSP pancreatic stone protein, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, IQR interquartile range, ICU intensive care unit, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment

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