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Baseline characteristics and outcome of the patients |
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| Variable |
Non-infected patients (n = 67) |
Infected patients without SIRS (n = 32) |
Patients with sepsis (n = 47) |
Patients with severe sepsis (n = 27) |
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| Gender, number (percentage) |
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| Male |
23 (34.3) |
18 (56.3) |
20 (42.6) |
18 (66.7) |
| Female |
44 (65.7) |
14 (43.7) |
27 (57.4) |
9 (33.3) |
| Age in years, mean ± SD |
67.3 ± 17.1 |
60.8 ± 16.6 |
60.4 ± 19.9 |
66.4 ± 17.8 |
| Length of hospitalisation in days, mean ± SD |
8.5 ± 6.9 |
10.3 ± 11.5 |
7.8 ± 6.7 |
10.8 ± 10.5 |
| Mortality on day 28, number (percentage) |
6 (8.9) |
0 |
0 |
4 (14.8) |
| Severity of disease, mean ± SD |
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| SOFA score |
1.4 ± 1.1 |
1.6 ± 1.5 |
1.6 ± 1.2 |
3.0 ± 1.9 |
| Comorbidity, mean ± SD |
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| Charlson Index |
1.6 ± 1.3 |
1.3 ± 1.3 |
1.1 ± 1.3 |
1.2 ± 1.3 |
| Laboratory findings, mean ± SD |
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| Haemoglobin, mmol/l |
8.1 ± 1.1 |
8.2 ± 1.2 |
8.2 ± 1.2 |
8.2 ± 1.1 |
| Platelet count, 109/l |
288.5 ± 108.2 |
324.5 ± 210.6 |
254.4 ± 107.3 |
268.0 ± 184.4 |
| Bilirubin, μmol/l |
9.3 ± 6.9 |
21.9 ± 36.6 |
10.6 ± 6.8 |
13.6 ± 5.5 |
| Prothrombin time (reference: 0.70–1.30) |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.4 |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
| Creatinine, μmol/l |
96.7 ± 27.3 |
100.6 ± 31.2 |
100.4 ± 31.7 |
140.3 ± 79.5 |
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SD, standard deviation; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA, Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment. | ||||
Gaïni et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R32 doi:10.1186/cc5715 |
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