Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics of the ICU patients included in the study |
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| Infectious SIRS (n = 142) |
Noninfectious SIRS (n = 49) |
P-value* |
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| Age (years) |
62.7 ± 15.3 |
66.8 ± 14.3 |
0.1 |
| APACHE II score |
16.6 ± 6.5 |
17.8 ± 6 |
0.27 |
| SAPS II score |
36.6 ± 12.1 |
36.4 ± 11.4 |
0.95 |
| SOFA score |
8.8 ± 3.2 |
7.7 ± 2.7 |
0.034 |
| Length of ICU stay (days) |
11.4 ± 11.3 |
7.5 ± 7.8 |
0.03 |
| Sites of infection |
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| Community-acquired pneumonia |
57 (40.1%) |
NA |
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| Hospital-acquired pneumonia |
9 (6.3%) |
NA |
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| Urinary tract infection |
11 (7.7%) |
NA |
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| Bacterial meningitis |
4 (2.8%) |
NA |
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| Peritonitis |
23 (16.2%) |
NA |
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| Other infections |
38 (26.7%) |
NA |
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| ICU mortality |
39 (27.4%) |
13 (26.5%) |
0.89 |
| Total leukocyte count (cells/ml) |
13,497 ± 7,254 |
10,345 ± 5,569 |
0.006 |
| Total eosinophil count (cells/ml) |
105 ± 220 |
114 ± 186 |
0.8 |
| Eosinopenia (<40 cells/ml) |
70 (49.3%) |
18 (36.7%) |
0.12 |
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Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation or n (%). *Calculated by means of the Student t-test (quantitative variables) and chi-square test (qualitative variables). APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. |
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Smithson et al. Critical Care 2009 13:409 doi:10.1186/cc7877 |
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