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Table 1 Characteristics of the 12.260 patients working prior to sepsis hospitalization, including ICU and non-ICU sepsis patients

From: Return to work after hospitalization for sepsis: a nationwide, registry-based cohort study

 

Sepsis, n (%)

Subgroups of sepsis

ICU, n (%)a

Non-ICU, n (%)b

Characteristics

12 260(100)

n = 951 (7.8)

n = 11 309 (92.2)

Male, n (%)

7 341 (59.9)

659 (69.3)

6 682 (59.1)

Age, years, mean (SD)

43.7 (11.8)

44.2 (11.8)

43.7 (11.8)

Age-group, n (%)

   

 18–29

2 077 (16.9)

155 (16.3)

1 922 (17.0)

 30–39

2 314 (18.9)

179 (18.8)

2 135 (18.9)

 40–49

3 121 (25.4)

222 (23.3)

2 899 (25.6)

 50–60

4 748 (38.7)

395 (41.5)

4 353 (38.5)

Comorbidities, n (%)

   

 Heart and vascular

2 394 (19.5)

383 (40.3)

2 011 (17.8)

 Cancer

1 941 (15.8)

44 (4.6)

1 897 (16.8)

 Lung

681 (5.6)

71 (7.5)

610 (5.4)

 Diabetes

666 (5.4)

81 (8.5)

586 (5.2)

 Immune

269 (2.2)

10 (1.1)

259 (2.3)

 Renal

145 (1.2)

8 (0.8)

137 (1.2)

 Liver

44 (0.4)

7 (0.7)

37 (0.3)

Number of comorbidities, n (%)

   

 0

7 290 (58.5)

460 (48.4)

6 830 (60.4)

 1

3 933 (32.1)

389 (40.9)

3 544 (31.3)

 2

911 (7.4)

93 (9.8)

818 (7.2)

  ≥ 3

126 (1.0)

9 (1.0)

117 (1.0)

Site of infection, n (%)

   

 Respiratory

3 692 (30.2)

498 (52.4)

3 194 (28.2)

 Genitourinary

1 602 (13.1)

87 (9.2)

1 515 (13.4)

 Skin and soft tissue

558 (4.4)

43 (4.5)

515 (4.6)

 Gastrointestinal

827 (6.8)

29 (3.1)

624 (5.2)

 Intra-abdominal

755 (6.2)

59 (6.2)

696 (6.2)

 Infections following a procedure

625 (5.1)

52 (5.5)

573 (5.1)

 Endocarditis/myocarditis

190 (1.6)

14 (1.5)

176 (1.6)

 Otherc

2 056 (16.8)

210 (22.1)

1 846 (16.3)

COVID-19-related sepsisd

384 (3.1)

39 (4.1)

345 (3.1)

Organ system with acute dysfunction, n (%)

   

 Respiratory

3 063 (25.0)

486 (51.0)

2 578 (22.8)

 Circulatory

878 (7.2)

243 (25.6)

635 (5.6)

 Renal

2 627 (21.4)

230 (24.2)

2 397 (78.8)

 Hepatic

194 (1.6)

31 (3.3)

163 (1.4)

 Coagulation

757 (6.2)

36 (3.8)

721 (6.4)

 Othere

2 543 (20.7)

293 (30.8)

2 250 (19.9)

Number of acute organ dysfunctions, n (%)

   

 1

6 422 (87.2)

559 (63.8)

5 675 (86.8)

 2

736 (10.0)

224 (25.6)

656 (10.0)

 3

164 (2.2)

67 (7.7)

146 (2.2)

 ≥ 4

42 (0.6)

26 (3.0)

62 (1.0)

Cause of ICU admission (n = 834), n (%)

   

 Respiratory

NA

173 (22.4)

NA

 Circulatory

NA

117 (15.1)

NA

 Gastroenterological

NA

38 (4.9)

NA

 Neurological

NA

87 (11.2)

NA

 Sepsis

NA

161 (20.8)

NA

 Metabolic

NA

32 (4.1)

NA

 Renal

NA

6 (0.8)

NA

 Other

NA

220 (20.7)

NA

Illness severity at admission

   

 SAPS II, mean (SD) (n = 951)

NA

33.4 (17.3)

NA

 Invasive ventilation (n = 585), n (%)

NA

485 (82.9)

NA

Length of hospital stay in daysf, mean (SD)

13.9 (23.7)

25.4 (35.4)

12.9 (22.2)

30-day Readmissiong, n (%)

3 664 (29.9)

456 (47.8)

3 208 (28.4)

  1. Abbreviation: NA = Not Applicable. ICU = intensive care unit,, SD = standard deviation, SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score II
  2. aVariable calculated from May 1, 2014
  3. bVariable calculated from January 1, 2010
  4. cOther infections = Bone, obstetric, upper airway, central nervous system and unknown
  5. dVariable calculated from 28 February 2020
  6. eOther acute organ dysfunction = Acidosis, unspecific gangrene, central nervous system dysfunctions and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  7. fLength of stay calculated as a total length of stay in hospital
  8. gReadmission = admission within 30 days after discharge regardless of cause
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