Table 3 |
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Compliance with 6-hour sepsis care bundle and hospital mortality in 71 patients admitted into critical care units |
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Parameter |
CCU patient groups (n = 71) |
P value |
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Compliant |
Non-compliant |
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N (%) |
42 (59%) |
29 |
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Age, median (range) |
71 (59–81) |
70 (51–75) |
NS |
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Sex (M/F; n) |
22/20 |
17/12 |
NS |
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Pneumonia/abdomen (%) |
55/25% |
56/26% |
NS |
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Medical/surgical (%) |
55/45% |
57/43% |
NS |
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Requiring 24-hour bundle (%) |
57% (24/42) |
45% (13/29) |
NS |
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MEWS, median (IQR) |
6 (5–6) |
6 (5–6) |
NS |
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APACHE II, mean (SD) |
19 (5.6) |
20 (7.7) |
NS |
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Predicted hospital mortality (n) |
27% (16) |
29% (19) |
NS |
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Hospital mortality (n) |
29% (12) |
55% (16) |
0.045a |
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aRelative risk 1.93, 95% confidence interval 1.08 to 3.45. APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; CCU, critical care unit; IQR, interquartile range; MEWS, modified early warning scores; NS, no statistical significance; SD, standard deviation. |
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Gao et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R764 doi:10.1186/cc3909 |
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