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Characteristics of the patients |
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| Number (percentage) or median (25th–75th percentiles) |
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| Age in years |
56 (50–68) |
| Male gender |
32 (62%) |
| SAPS II at ICU admission |
50 (35–71) |
| LOD score on day 1 |
10 (6–10) |
| Time from sepsis to ICU admission in days |
2 (0–6) |
| Time from ICU admission to septic shock in days |
0 (0–1) |
| Norepinephrine treatment |
46 (89%) |
| Epinephrine treatment |
23 (45%) |
| Dobutamine treatment |
15 (29%) |
| Mechanical ventilation |
49 (96%) |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation in days |
11 (7–20) |
| Renal replacement |
24 (47%) |
| Duration of renal replacement in days |
1 (0–7) |
| Type of infection |
|
| Pulmonary sepsis |
28 (55%) |
| Abdominal sepsis |
8 (15.7%) |
| Urinary sepsis |
1 (2%) |
| Isolated bacteremia |
14 (2 7.5%) |
| Microorganism |
|
| Gram-negative bacilli |
18 (35.3%) |
| Gram-positive cocci |
13 (25.5%) |
| Fungus |
9 (17.5%) |
| Viruses |
1 (2%) |
| Not documented |
10 (19.6%) |
| ICU length of stay in days |
18 (10–28) |
| ICU mortality |
26 (50.1%) |
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ICU, intensive care unit; LOD, Logic Organ Dysfunction; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II. | |
Mokart et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R37 doi:10.1186/cc5721 |
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