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Table 1 Clinical and biological data at ICU admission according to SIRS and sepsis

From: Value of soluble TREM-1, procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein serum levels as biomarkers for detecting bacteremia among sepsis patients with new fever in intensive care units: a prospective cohort study

Characteristics

SIRS

sepsis

P value

  

negative blood culture

positive blood culture

 
 

N = 60

N = 51

N = 33

 

Age (years)

51 ± 21

59 ± 18

54 ± 20

NS

Gender (n,%)

   

NS

Male

36 (60)

31 (60.8)

25 (75.8)

 

Female

24 (40)

20 (39.2)

8 (24.2)

 

Temperature (°C)

37.2 ± 0.9

38.4 ± 0.9

38.0 ± 1.2

<0.001

APACHE II score

11 ± 7

18 ± 8

17 ± 8

<0.001

SOFA score

-

8 ± 4

8 ± 4

NS

Etiological factors (n,%)

    

Pulmonary infection

-

40 (78.4)

23 (69.7)

NS

Abdominal infection

-

11 (21.6)

6 (18.2)

NS

Urinary tract infection

-

10 (19.6)

8 (24.2)

NS

Trauma/postoperative infection

-

16 (31.4)

14 (42.4)

NS

Catheter-related infections

-

3 (5.9)

9 (27.3)

0.006

Others

-

4 (3)

1 (3)

NS

Predisposing factors(n,%)

    

Hypertension

15 (25)

19 (37.3)

10 (30.3)

NS

Diabetes

4 (6.7)

10 (19.6)

4 (12.1)

NS

COPD

2 (3.3)

6 (11.8)

3 (9.1)

NS

Coronary heart disease

7 (11.7)

7 (13.7)

2 (6.1)

NS

Immunosuppressed

0 (0)

5 (9.8)

3 (9.1)

0.011

Nervous system disease

3 (5)

5 (5.9)

2 (6.1)

NS

CKD

2 (3.3)

3 (5.9)

3 (9.1)

NS

Mortality rate (n,%)

4 (6.7)

22 (43.1)

11 (33.3)

P <0.001

  1. NS, not significant. Quantitative data of normal distribution are presented as mean ± SD. Quantitative data of non-normal distribution are presented as median (interquartile range). Qualitative data are presented as n (%).
  2. APACHE II score Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; SOFA score Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD chronic kidney disease.