Table 2 Baseline characteristics of categorical variables (Pre matching).
Variable | Category | Septic shock of non-urinary tract origin (n = 721) | Septic shock of urinary tract origin (n = 374) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Australia | 693 (96.1%) | 362 (96.8%) | 0.693 |
New Zealand | 28 (3.9%) | 12 (3.2%) | 0.693 | |
Hospital source | Home/hospital in the home | 557 (77.3%) | 279 (74.6%) | 0.018* |
Other acute hospital (not ICU/ED) | 74 (10.3%) | 25 (6.7%) | ||
Nursing home/chronic care/palliative care | 30 (4.2%) | 41 (11%) | ||
ICU, other hospital | 4 (0.6%) | 4 (1.1%) | ||
Rehabilitation | 1 (0.1%) | 6 (1.6%) | ||
Mental health | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0%) | ||
ED, other hospital | 43 (6%) | 16 (4.3%) | ||
Sex | Female | 274 (38%) | 149 (39.8%) | 0.575 |
Male | 447 (62%) | 224 (59.9%) | ||
ICU source | OT/recovery | 8 (1.1%) | 5 (1.3%) | 0.754 |
Emergency department | 431 (59.8%) | 225 (60.2%) | ||
Ward/coronary care/other HDU | 227 (31.5%) | 122 (32.6%) | ||
Same hospital | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
Other hospital | 48 (6.7%) | 19 (5.1%) | ||
ICU, other hospital | 6 (0.8%) | 2 (0.5%) | ||
Direct ICU admission (from home or hospital in the home) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Readmission | Yes | 28 (3.9%) | 7 (1.9%) | 0.107 |
ICU mortality | Died | 144 (20%) | 34 (9.1%) | < 0.001* |
Hospital mortality | Died | 257 (35.6%) | 66 (17.6%) | < 0.001* |
Elective admission | Elective | 6 (0.8%) | 2 (0.5%) | 0.723 |
Chronic respiratory disease | Yes | 47 (6.5%) | 19 (5.1%) | 0.415 |
Chronic cardiovascular disease | Yes | 104 (14.4%) | 69 (18.4%) | 0.100 |
Chronic liver disease | Yes | 7 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.103 |
Chronic renal disease | Yes | 37 (5.1%) | 22 (5.9%) | 0.704 |
Immune disease | Yes | 22 (3.1%) | 9 (2.4%) | 0.676 |
Immunotherapy | Yes | 41 (5.7%) | 11 (2.9%) | 0.061 |
AIDS | Yes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | < 0.001* |
Hepatic failure | Yes | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.3%) | >0.99 |
Lymphoma | Yes | 15 (2.1%) | 3 (0.8%) | 0.137 |
Metastasis | Yes | 26 (3.6%) | 12 (3.2%) | 0.868 |
Leukemia | Yes | 13 (1.8%) | 4 (1.1%) | 0.446 |
Immunosuppression | Yes | 40 (5.5%) | 10 (2.7%) | 0.045 |
Cirrhosis | Yes | 7 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.103 |
Treatment limitation | Full active management (without treatment limitation) | 301 (41.7%) | 175 (46.8%) | 0.258 |
Treatment limitation order | 403 (55.9%) | 193 (51.6%) | ||
Palliative care of a dying patient | 14 (1.9%) | 4 (1.1%) | ||
Potential organ donation | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0%) | ||
Delirium | Yes | 43 (6%) | 31 (8.3%) | 0.167 |
Acute renal failure | Yes | 126 (17.5%) | 58 (15.5%) | 0.465 |
Elective surgery | Yes | 2 (0.3%) | 2 (0.5%) | 0.609 |
Long term mortality | Yes | 286 (39.7%) | 174 (46.5%) | 0.034 |
Hospital outcome | Died | 257 (35.6%) | 66 (17.6%) | < 0.001* |
Discharged home | 264 (36.6%) | 180 (48.1%) | ||
Discharged to nursing home/chronic care/palliative care | 52 (7.2%) | 47 (12.6%) | ||
ICU, other hospital | 8 (1.1%) | 7 (1.9%) | ||
Other acute hospital | 83 (11.5%) | 35 (9.4%) | ||
Rehabilitation | 53 (7.4%) | 32 (8.6%) | ||
Mental health | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
Hospital in the home | 2 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | ||
Other | 1 (0.1%) | 4 (1.1%) | ||
ICU outcome | Died | 144 (20%) | 34 (9.1%) | < 0.001* |
Survived ICU: home/ward/other | 554 (76.8%) | 323 (86.4%) | ||
Transferred to another ICU in a different hospital or the same hospital | 8 (1.1%) | 7 (1.9%) | ||
Transferred to another hospital or ward | 14 (1.9%) | 10 (2.7%) | ||
Mortality | 1 month (died) | 265 (36.8%) | 78 (20.9%) | < 0.001* |
6 months (died) | 330 (45.8%) | 118 (31.6%) | ||
1 year (died) | 356 (49.4%) | 140 (37.4%) |
