|
Characteristics
|
Selenium (n = 29)
|
Control (n = 25)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Age
|
35 (17–82)
|
41 (19–82)
|
0.18a
|
|
Male/femaleb
|
24/5
|
22/3
|
0.59
|
|
APACHE IIb
|
17 ± 4.3
|
16.4 ± 4.0
|
0.71
|
|
SOFAb
|
8 ± 2.7
|
8.3 ± 3
|
0.69
|
|
PaO2/FiO
b2
|
160 ± 89
|
150 ± 75
|
0.65
|
|
Sepsis, n (%)
|
7 (24.1)
|
6 (24)
|
0.90
|
|
Severe sepsis, n (%)
|
8 (27.6)
|
7 (28)
|
0.89
|
|
Septic shock, n (%)
|
14 (48.3)
|
12 (48)
|
0.86
|
|
Pneumonia, n (%)
|
18 (63)
|
19 (76)
|
0.7
|
|
Peritonitis, n (%)
|
7 (24)
|
3 (12)
|
0.20
|
|
SSTI infection, n (%)
|
3 (10)
|
2 (8)
|
0.67
|
|
CNS infection, n (%)
|
0 (0)
|
1 (4)
|
0.33
|
|
CR infection, n (%)
|
1 (3)
|
0 (0)
|
0.32
|
|
Gram positive, n (%)
|
4 (13.7)
|
1 (4)
|
0.20
|
|
Gram negative, n (%)
|
8 (27.6)
|
9 (36)
|
0.9
|
|
No growth, n (%)
|
17 (58.7)
|
15 (60)
|
0.87
|
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APACHE II acute physiological and chronic health evaluation II, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, SSTI skin and soft tissue, CNS central nervous system, CR catheter line related
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aData given as media (IQR)
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bData given as mean ± SD
