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Table 2 Principal diagnoses of non-infectious organ failure patients (n = 142) according to affected organ systems

From: Diagnostic and prognostic value of presepsin and procalcitonin in non-infectious organ failure, sepsis, and septic shock: a prospective observational study according to the Sepsis-3 definitions

Organs

Main clinical diagnoses

n (%)

Central nervous system (n = 52)

Cerebral hemorrhage (ICH, IVH, SAH, and SDH)

12 (8.5)

Cerebral infarction

5 (3.5)

Seizure

11 (7.7)

Hypoglycemia

4 (2.8)

Metabolic encephalopathy

13 (9.2)

Heat stroke

2 (1.4)

Others

5 (3.5)

Cardiovascular (n = 41)

Heart failure

12 (8.5)

Pulmonary embolism

5 (3.5)

Hypovolemic (hemorrhagic) shock

17 (12.0)

Aortic dissection

4 (2.8)

Others

3 (2.1)

Respiratory (n = 21)

COPD or asthma

12 (8.5)

Malignancy in respiratory system

4 (2.8)

Airway obstruction

3 (2.1)

Others

2 (1.4)

Hepatobiliary (n = 19)

Liver cirrhosis aggravation

11 (7.7)

Hepatobiliary malignancy

5 (3.5)

Others

3 (2.1)

Renal (n = 14)

Acute kidney injury

9 (6.3)

Under dialysis in pre-existing CKD

5 (3.5)

Coagulation (n = 7)

Hematologic malignancy

4 (2.8)

Thrombocytopenia

3 (2.1)

  1. ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, IVH intraventricular hemorrhage, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, SDH subdural hematoma, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CKD chronic kidney disease