Observational Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Crit Care Med. Aug 4, 2015; 4(3): 258-264
Published online Aug 4, 2015. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v4.i3.258
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population
CharacteristicsValues
No. of patients23
Age (years), mean ± SD44.09 ± 17.10
Gender (women), n (%)11 (47.8)
Length of ICU stay (d), mean ± SD21.9 ± 28.9
Length of hospital stay (d), mean ± SD23.9 ± 12.3
Need for vasopressors, n (%)23 (100)
Need for invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%)23 (100)
Length of mechanical ventilation (d), mean ± SD21.4 ± 11.8
In hospital ward time before ICU admission, n (%)20 (86.9)
Length of stay in hospital wards before ICU admission (d), mean ± SD8.8 ± 10.6
Use of antibiotics 30 days before ICU admission, n (%)17 (73.9)
Infection site, n (%)
Respiratory21 (91.3)
Blood culture3 (13)
Surgical site1 (4.3)
Pansensitive, n (%)2 (8.7)
Pandrug-resistant, n (%)5 (21.7)
Multidrug-resistant, n (%)16 (69.6)
APACHE II score, mean ± SD13.3 ± 5.8
SOFA score, mean ± SD8.7 ± 2.4
Performance status 0-2, n (%)22 (95.7)
ICU mortality, n (%)6 (26.1)
Hospital mortality, n (%)10 (43.5)