Table 1 |
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Clinical parameters of study groups |
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| Agea |
Temperatureb |
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| Group |
Number |
(mean ± SD) |
(mean ± SD) |
Clinical diagnoses |
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| Group 1: definitive sepsis |
18 |
52 ± 12 |
101.5 ± 1.6° F |
Pneumonia (10); urinary tract infection (3); abdominal |
| sepsis (2); toxic shock syndrome (1); meningitis (1); |
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| cellulitis (1) |
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| Group 2: probable sepsis |
4 |
48 ± 10 |
99.3 ± 4.17° F |
Pneumonia (4) |
| Group 3: possible sepsis |
20 |
51 ± 12.5 |
100.3 ± 2.36° F |
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (5); idiopathic (3) |
| Group 4: nonseptic |
13 |
44 ± 17 |
98.4 ± 1.8°F |
Cirrhosis (5); idiopathic (4); pancreatitis (3); adrenal |
| insufficiency (1) |
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aP > 0.05; bP < 0.01, between Group 1 + 2 versus Group 4 |
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Melo and Peters Critical Care 1999 3:71 doi:10.1186/cc343 |
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