Table 6: Characteristics of Survivors vs. Non-survivors.
| S. No. | Characteristics | All subjects (n = 122) | Survivors (n = 95) | Non-survivors (n = 27) | p-value |
| 1 | Age (years) | 38.9 ± 17.2 | 37.0 ± 17.6 | 45.3 ± 14.4 | 0.028 |
| 2 | Male/female | 92/30 | 69/26 | 23/4 | 0.181 |
| 3 | SIRS Criteria | ||||
| Temperature (> 38 °C) | 24 (20%) | 13 (14%) | 11 (41%) | 0.001 | |
| Heart Rate (> 90/min) | 84 (68%) | 57 (60%) | 27 (100%) | 0.000 | |
| Respiratory Rate/min | 97 (80%) | 74 (80%) | 23 (85%) | 0.084 | |
| WBC (> 12000/cmm) | 79 (65%) | 54 (57%) | 25 (93%) | 0.000 | |
| 4 | Organ Dysfunction | ||||
| PO2/FiO2 (< 300 mmHg) | 65 (53.3%) | 44 (46.3%) | 21 (78%) | 0.003 | |
| Hypotension (SBP < 90 mmHg) | 17 (14%) | 1 (1%) | 16 (59.3%) | 0.000 | |
| Total bilirubin (> 2 mg/dl) | 8 (7%) | 2 (2.1%) | 6 (22%) | 0.001 | |
| S creatinine (> 2 mg/dl) | 4 (3.5%) | 2 (2.1%) | 2 (7.4%) | 0.175 | |
| Platelet count (< 1 lac/cmm) | 13 (11%) | 8 (8.4%) | 5 (18.5%) | 0.133 | |
| 5 | Other Routine Investigations | ||||
| Hemoglobin (< 10 g/dl) | 86 (72%) | 67 (71%) | 20 (75%) | 0.708 | |
| Hyponatremia (Na < 135 mEq/L) | 53 (44%) | 39 (41%) | 14 (52%) | 0.222 | |
| Hypokalemia (K < 3.5 mEq/L) | 54 (43%) | 38 (40%) | 16 (59%) | 0.068 | |
| S protein (< 6 g/dl) | 18 (15%) | 15 (16%) | 3 (11%) | 0.620 | |
| 6 | Diagnostic Category | 0.000 | |||
| Medical (Respiratory) | 65 (54%) | 38 (40%) | 27 (100%) | ||
| COAD with A/E (chronic obstructive airways disease with acute exacerbation) | 23 (35%) | 11 (30%) | 12 (44%) | ||
| Pneumonia | 23 (35%) | 16 (42%) | 7 (26%) | ||
| Ca Lung | 11 (17%) | 8 (21%) | 3 (11%) | ||
| Others (Miliary TB 2, ILD 3, Silicosis 2, Mitral Stenosis with HF 1) | 8 (13%) | 3 (8%) | 5 (19%) | ||
| Surgical (Post thoracic) | 57 (46%) | 57 (60%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| 7 | Length of stay (days) | ||||
| ICU | 6.05 ± 7.5 | 5.90 ± 7.28 | 6.56 ± 8.3 | 0.692 | |
| Hospital | 11.5 ± 10 | 12.64 ± 10 | 7.33 ± 8.4 | 0.013 | |