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Table 5 ICU interventions, therapies and outcomes of patients in septic shock

From: The impact of ethnic background on ICU care and outcome in sepsis and septic shock – A retrospective multicenter analysis on 17,949 patients

 

Non-Hispanic whites

Asian

African American

Hispanic

Native American

Other

p-value

N = 1,606

N = 36

N = 236

N = 57

N = 26

N = 117

 

Mechanical ventilation

52% (834)

50% (18)

54% (128)

47% (27)

58% (15)

56% (65)

0.87

Vasopressor use

100% (1,606)

100% (36)

100% (236)

100% (57)

100% (26)

100% (117)

n/a

RRT

6% (84)

0% (0)

5% (10)

4% (2)

4% (1)

7% (7)

0.66

LOS (h)

71 (36–150)

110 (72–205)

99 (40–196)

84 (40–187)

94 (31–184)

76 (40–201)

0.008

LOS > 7 days

22% (352)

28% (10)

29% (69)

30% (17)

31% (8)

27% (32)

0.077

Hospital mortality

43% (683)

28% (10)

46% (108)

40% (23)

54% (14)

40% (47)

0.31

ICU mortality

34% (544)

25% (9)

34% (80)

33% (19)

42% (11)

33% (39)

0.83

  1. ICU intensive care unit, RRT renal replacement therapy, LOS length of stay