Table 1 Characteristics of patients
|  | Hospital-onset sepsis (n = 52,183) | Community-onset sepsis (n = 463,940) |
|---|---|---|
Female sex | 18,812 (36.1) | 190,917 (41.2) |
Age (year) | 72 [63–79] | 77 [66–84] |
Weight (kg) | 54.0 [45.6–63.2] | 51.7 [42.0–61.6] |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.6 [18.9–24.5] | 21.5 [18.6–24.6] |
Emergency hospitalization | 29,134 (55.9) | 416,535 (89.9) |
Elixhauser index | 5 [2–11] | 4 [0–7] |
Surgery under general anesthesia during hospitalization | 25,568 (49.0) | 85,070 (18.3) |
Days from hospitalization to critical care unit admission, days | 10 [5–22] | 1 [1–1] |
Types of critical care unit | ||
Intensive care unit | 41,460 (79.5) | 120,621 (26.0) |
High dependency unit | 10,485 (20.1) | 83,257 (17.9) |
Emergency intensive care unit | 238 (0.5) | 260,062 (56.1) |
Organ support on the day of critical care unit admission | ||
Vasopressor | 23,123 (44.3) | 110,376 (23.8) |
Mechanical ventilation | 18,906 (36.2) | 95,165 (20.5) |
Renal replacement therapy | 7510 (14.4) | 25,479 (5.5) |
Infusion fluid volume on the 1–2 days of critical care unit, ml | 7620 [3600–15,430] | 3800 [1660–8400] |
Focus of infection* | ||
Respiratory | 17,251 (33.1) | 212,922 (45.9) |
Abdominal | 16,837 (32.3) | 116,011 (25.0) |
Urogenital | 2004 (3.8) | 50,600 (10.9) |
CNS | 1946 (3.7) | 27,072 (5.8) |
Cardiovascular | 4771 (9.1) | 26,607 (5.7) |
Blood | 3889 (7.5) | 21,565 (4.6) |
Bone and soft tissue | 2205 (4.2) | 21,641 (4.7) |
Others | 27,293 (52.3) | 202,967 (43.7) |