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Table 3 Characteristics of the subgroup of patients admitted for acute respiratory failure

From: Diagnostic and prognostic value of soluble CD14 subtype (Presepsin) for sepsis and community-acquired pneumonia in ICU patients

 

ARF

72

NIRF

14 (19.4 %)

Pneumonia

58 (80.5 %)

p value

Sex (male/female)

47/25

9/5

38/20

0.41

Age, years (mean ± SD)

61.7 ± 13.3

62.4 ± 13.4

61.6 ± 13.3

0.39

SAPS II, median (IQR)

47 (34–62)

37.5 (24–48)

48 (35–66)

0.01

SOFA, median (IQR)

8 (6–11)

5 (3–7)

9 (7–11)

0.0007

Creatininemia, median (IQR), (μmol/L)

60 (37–101)

86 (67–105)

50 (33–101)

0.22

Positive HAA, n

16

0

16

 

hsCRP, median (IQR), (mg/L)

106 (51–245)

36 (23–105)

136 (71–270)

0.007

PCT, median (IQR), (ng/mL)

1.05 (0.28–8.84)

0.13 (0.09–0.34)

1.8 (0.3–11.4)

0.0006

Presepsin, median (IQR), (pg/mL)

989 (513–1951)

322 (231–534)

1209 (674–2195)

<0.0001

ICU LOS, median (IQR), (days)

5 (3–11)

4 (3–7)

6 (3–12)

0.21

ICU mortality, n (%)

15 (21)

1 (7)

14 (24)

0.01

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

18 (25)

2 (14.2)

16 (27.5)

0.04

  1. Comparison between patients with infectious (pneumonia) and non-infectious respiratory failure (NIRF) at admission to ICU
  2. ARF acute respiratory failure, SAPS simplified acute physiology score, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment score, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, LOS length of stay
  3. p: differences between infectious and non-infectious respiratory failure patients