Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients (n = 98)

Age (mean ± SD, years)

63 ± 11

Body masse index (mean ± SD, kg/m²)

26.6 ± 5.4

Gender (female/male) (n)

41/57

Simplified acute physiologic score (mean ± SD)

64 ± 18

Sequential organ failure assessment score (median [IQR])

10 [6–12]

ICU mortality [n (%)]

42 (42.8)

Time between diagnosis and inclusion (median [IQR], h)

1.7 [1.0–2.0]

Infection source [n (%)]

Pneumonia

54 (55)

Peritonitis

34 (35)

Meningitis

5 (5)

Urinary tract infection

5 (5)

Patients receiving norepinephrine [n (%)]

98 (100)

Norepinephrine dose (median [IQR], µg/kg/min)

0.24 [0.11–0.55]

Patients receiving dobutamine [n (%)]

21 (21.4)

Dobutamine dose (median [IQR], µg/kg/min)

5 [5–10]

Mechanical ventilation [n (%)]

98 (100)