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Characteristics of patients with and without surgical treatment |
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| Parameter |
Without surgery (n = 13) |
With surgery (n = 20) |
P-value |
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| Age (yr) |
60.4 ± 13.3 |
58.4 ± 12.6 |
0.55 |
| APACHE III score (points) |
84 ± 34 |
69 ± 30 |
0.17 |
| Temperature (°C) |
37.1 ± 1.2 |
37.2 ± 1.5 |
0.78 |
| Platelets (×109/l) |
162 ± 116 |
139 ± 92 |
0.67 |
| WBC (×109/l) |
18.7 ± 12.8 |
15.6 ± 6.2 |
0.27 |
| Heart rate (bpm) |
106 ± 34 |
106 ± 17 |
0.74 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dl) |
13.7 ± 7.4 |
9.4 ± 7.1 |
0.06 |
| Illness duration (days) |
18.1 ± 24.2 |
24.5 ± 28.4 |
0.45 |
| AV-block II or III |
2 |
4 |
0.81 |
| Acute renal failure |
6 |
7 |
0.47 |
| Catecholamine therapy |
9 |
15 |
1.00 |
| Mechanical ventilation |
12 |
14 |
0.15 |
| Congestive heart failure |
8 |
13 |
0.56 |
| Septic shock |
1 |
6 |
0.14 |
| Multiorgan failure |
11 |
10 |
0.07 |
| CPR before admission |
3 |
0 |
0.06 |
| Aortic valve endocarditis |
9 |
14 |
0.96 |
| Mitral valve endocarditis |
6 |
8 |
0.73 |
| Native valve endocarditis |
11 |
14 |
0.30 |
| Prosthetic valve endocarditis |
2 |
5 |
0.42 |
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Continuous variables are presented as median ± SD (range), and categorical measures are presented as n. AV, atrioventricular; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; WBC, white blood cell count. | |||
Delle Karth et al. Critical Care 2002 6:149 doi:10.1186/cc1474 |
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