Table 1 Clinical baseline characteristics of patients with septic shock.
Parameter | Finding |
|---|---|
n | 476 |
Age (years), median (25th, 75th) | 64 (53, 75) |
Male, n(%) | 285 (59.9%) |
Comorbidities, n(%) | |
Chronic cardiac disease | 164 (34.5%) |
Diabetes | 89 (18.7%) |
hepatic cirrhosis | 57 (11.9%) |
Chronic kidney disease | 46 (9.7%) |
Cancer or tumor | 57 (7.6%) |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 34 (7.1%) |
Admission category, n(%) | |
Medical | 364 (76.5%) |
Surgical | 112 (23.5%) |
Site of infection, n(%) | |
Abdominal | 202 (42.4%) |
Respiratory tract | 123 (25.8%) |
Urinary tract | 63 (13.2%) |
Skin and soft tissue | 60 (12.6%) |
Others | 28 (5.9%) |
Positive blood culture, n(%) | |
Total | 163 (34.2%) |
Gram-negative only | 94 (56.7%) |
Gram-positive only | 29 (17.8%) |
Fungi only | 27 (16.6%) |
Polymicrobial | 13 (7.9%) |
SAPS II at onset of shock, median (25th, 75th) | 48 (42, 56) |
SOFA score at onset of shock, median (25th, 75th) | 10 (7.0, 12) |
Length of ICU stay, median (25th, 75th) | 6 (3, 11) |
Length of hospital stay, median (25th, 75th) | 12 (6, 21) |
In-ICU mortality, n(%) | 195 (41.0%) |
In-hospital mortality, n(%) | 204 (42.8%) |
