Table 4: Severity of illness and treatment.
All patients (N = 861) | 18-59 years(n = 377) | 60 years and above(n = 484) | |||
Medical n = 217 | Surgical n = 160 | Medical n = 320 | Surgical n = 164 | ||
SAPS II, mean ± SD | 46.0 ± 18 | 41.7 ± 19 | 39.0 ± 14 | 52.3 ± 19 | 46.8 ± 16* |
SOFA admission, mean ± SD | 7.4 ± 3.5 | 7.1 ± 4 | 6.8 ± 3 | 7.7 ± 4 | 7.4 ± 3 |
ICU-length of stay (LOS), median days (IQR) | 4.5 (1.9-9.8) | 3.5 (1.3-7.7) | 6.2 (2.3-14.5)* | 3.7 (1.8-7.3) | 6.9 (3.0-14.5)* |
Transferred to other hospital during ICU-stay, n (%) | 214 (25%) | 52 (24%) | 43 (27%) | 76 (24%) | 43 (26%) |
Intubated patients, n (%) | 632 (73%) | 152 (70%) | 158 (99%)* | 164 (51%) | 158 (96%)* |
Mechanical ventilator support time, days, median(IQR) | 3 (1-8.4) | 2.8 (0.5-7.0) | 2.0 (0.5-10.0) | 3.0 (1.1-7.0) | 4.0 (1.0-10.6) |
Non-invasive ventilator support n (%) | 227 (26%) | 46 (21%) | 22 (14%) | 129 (40%) | 30 (18%)* |
Renal replacement therapy n (%) | 91 (11%) | 38 (17%) | 12 (8%)* | 26 (8%) | 15 (9%) |
Vasopressor therapy n (%) | 575 (67%) | 117 (53%) | 121 (75%)* | 202 (63%) | 135 (82%)* |
Sepsis¹ | |||||
Total n (%) | 210 (24%) | 61 (28%) | 26 (16%) | 84 (26%) | 39 (24%) |
Primary source: | |||||
Respiratory n (%) | 88 (10%) | 28 (13%) | 5 (3%) | 45 (14%) | 10 (6%) |
Abdominal organs n (%) | 45 (5%) | 4 (2%) | 11 (7%) | 9 (3%) | 21 (13%) |
Soft tissue n (%) | 25 (3%) | 11 (5%) | 5 (3%) | 7 (2%) | 2 (1%) |
Urinary tract n (%) | 19 (2%) | 4 (2%) | 0 | 14 (4%) | 6 (1%) |
Catheter-related infection n (%) | 11 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 4 (1%) | 6 (1%) |
CNS n (%) | 11 (1%) | 6 (2%) | 6 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 0 |
Endocarditis n (%) | 5 (0.5%) | 3 (1%) | 0 | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) |
Other n (%) | 2 (0.2%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) |
Origin unknown n (%) | 9 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 0 | 3 (1%) | 2 (1%) |
1Sepsis as main diagnose(n = 116) or complication (n = 94). *p< 0.05.