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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Are third-generation cephalosporins unavoidable for empirical therapy of community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients who require ICU admission? A retrospective study

Characteristics

N

%

Sex (male)

215

55.0

Age

65 ± 19

 

IGSII

47 ± 22

 

Chronic lung disease

119

30.4

HTA

142

36.3

Diabetes mellitus

57

14.6

Congestive heart failure

43

11.0

Chronic liver disease

41

10.4

Chronic renal disease

23

5.9

Stroke

19

4.9

Progressive cancer

22

5.6

Blood cancer

37

9.5

HIV

20

5.1

Other causes of immunosuppression

8

2.0

Mechanical ventilation

172

44.0

Catecholamines

107

27.3

Acute renal failure

16

4.1

Renal replacement therapy

1

0.3

Mortality

73

18.6