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Table 1 Characteristics of the studied population

From: Prognostic value of PCT in septic emergency patients

 

All patients

Deceased at 30 days

Survival

p*

n

188

37

151

 

Patients of Rouen [n (%)]

97 (52)

21 (57)

76 (50)

0.605

Patients of Tenon [n (%)]

91 (48)

16 (43)

75 (50)

vs Tenon

Age (years)

63 (51–80)

78 (63–83)

64 (46–78)

0.001

Men [n (%)]

101 (54)

22 (59)

79 (52)

0.551

Temperature (°C)

38.1 (37.1–39.0)

38.2 (37.1–39.8)

38.1 (37.0–38.8)

0.321

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

113 (96–137)

113 (93–136)

116 (97–137)

0.524

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

70 (57–80)

65 (52–81)

72 (59–80)

0.260

Cardiac rate, in bpm

100 (87–118)

110 (95–129)

99 (85–116)

0.051

Respiratory rate (RR) (n = 74)

26 (20–34)

32 (29–40)

25 (20–32)

0.009

SpO2 in %

95.0 (92.5–98.0)

95.0 (91.0–97.5)

95.0 (93.0–98.0)

0.636

Personal history of:

    

 Cardiovascular disease [n (%)]

94 (50)

24 (65)

70 (46)

0.052

 Respiratory disease [n (%)]

43 (23)

13 (35)

30 (20)

0.063

 Other (chronic) [n (%)]

51 (27)

5 (14)

46 (30)

0.099

Immunosuppressors, corticoids, or chemotherapy [n (%)]

29 (15)

5 (14)

24 (16)

0.677

Bacterial infection [n (%)]

139 (74)

27 (73)

112 (74)

0.159

 Pulmonary infection [n (%)]

59 (31)

7 (19)

52 (34)

0.085

 Urinary infection [n (%)]

30 (16)

5 (14)

25 (17)

0.914

 Abdominal infection [n (%)]

21 (11)

7 (19)

14 (9)

0.169

 Skin/tissue infection [n (%)]

8 (4)

3 (8)

5 (3)

0.361

 Meningitis [n (%)]

2 (1)

1 (3)

1 (1)

0.828

 Several sitesa

12 (6)

1 (3)

11 (7)

0.526

 Other siteb

7 (4)

3 (8)

4 (3)

0.264

Viral infection [n (%)]

3 (2)

1 (3)

2 (1)

0.835

Other infection [n (%)]c

46 (24)

9 (24)

37 (25)

0.669

Severe sepsis/septic shock [n (%)]

81 (43)

22 (59)

59 (39)

0.040

Median lactate (mmol/L) (n = 103)

2.2 (1.5–3.2)

3.1 (2.2–4.4)

2.1 (1.5–2.8)

0.003

Median white blood cells (G/L)

12.1 (7.9–18.4)

12.1 (9.0–17.4)

12.0 (7.5–18.7)

0.966

Hospital admission [n (%)]

172 (91)

33 (89)

139 (92)

0.818

Admission in ICU [n (%)]

52 (28)

14 (38)

38 (25)

0.181

Length of hospitalization (days)

9 (5–14)

5 (2–10)

10 (6–16)

<0.0001

  1. Results are in mean ± SD, median (25th–75th percentile), or number (percentage)
  2. * Between patients deceased and survival
  3. aMainly pulmonary and urinary concomitant bacterial infection
  4. bBacterial infection (ENT, blood stream infection from unknown origin)
  5. cNon-bacterial infection (i.e., parasitic, fungic, or mycobacterium infection)