Table 3 Comparison of management and clinical outcomes between patients with and without bacteremia
From: Clinical effects of bacteremia in sepsis patients with community-acquired pneumonia
|  | Overall (n = 1,510) | Non-bacteremia (n = 1,298) | Bacteremia (n = 212) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Appropriateness of initial antibiotics | Â | Â | Â | 0.050 |
 Appropriate | 1,377 (91.2) | 1,191 (91.8) | 186 (87.7) |  |
 Inappropriate | 118 (7.8) | 93 (7.2) | 25 (11.8) |  |
 Not available | 15 (1.0) | 14 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) |  |
Pleural PCD insertion | 36 (2.4) | 33 (2.6) | 3 (1.3) | 0.396 |
Adjunctive steroid treatment | 323 (21.3) | 268 (20.6) | 55 (25.9) | 0.098 |
ICU admission | 595 (39.4) | 502 (38.7) | 93 (43.9) | 0.174 |
ICU management | ||||
 Mechanical ventilation | 400 (67.2) | 332 (66.0) | 68 (73.1) | 0.222 |
 ECMO | 15 (2.5) | 15 (3.0) | 0 (0) | 0.151 |
Renal replacement therapy | 128 (21.4) | 101(20.1) | 27 (29.0) | 0.073 |
 Hemoperfusion | 17 (2.8) | 16 (3.2) | 1 (1.0) | 0.357 |
Clinical outcomes | ||||
 Hospital length of stay | 12.0 (6.0–20.0) | 12.0 (6.0–20.0) | 12.5 (5.0–23.0) | 0.976 |
 Hospital mortality | 441 (29.2) | 355 (27.3) | 86 (40.6) | < 0.001 |