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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with sepsis and major infection sites (n = 1184)

From: Variations in infection sites and mortality rates among patients in intensive care units with severe sepsis and septic shock in Japan

Characteristics

All

Sites

Lung

Intra-abdomen

Urinary tract

Soft tissue

Bloodstream

CNS

Undifferentiated

1184

367 (31.0)

311 (26.3)

218 (18.4)

129 (10.9)

67 (5.7)

23 (1.9)

69 (5.8)

Age at admission (years)

73 (64–81)

73 (65–80)

74 (66–83)

74 (63–83)

67 (58–78)

69 (57–81)

69 (63–84)

69 (58–75)

Male sex

719 (60.7)

263 (71.7)

191 (61.4)

94 (43.1)

80 (62.0)

36 (53.7)

15 (65.2)

40 (58.0)

BMI (kg/m2)

22 (19–25)

22 (19–25)

21 (19–24)

22 (19–25)

23 (21–26)

22 (19–23)

23 (21–25)

24 (20–25)

ADL (Inactive)

288 (24.3)

82 (22.3)

60 (19.4)

82 (37.6)

29 (22.7)

22 (32.8)

1 (4.3)

12 (17.9)

Charlson comorbidity index

1 (0–2)

2 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–3)

Admission source

 ED

676 (57.2)

226 (61.6)

158 (51.1)

147 (67.4)

67 (51.9)

32 (47.8)

12 (52.2)

34 (49.3)

 Non-ED (transfer or other department)

457 (38.7)

131 (35.7)

134 (43.4)

68 (31.2)

55 (42.6)

31 (46.3)

7 (30.4)

31 (44.9)

 ICU

49 (4.1)

10 (2.7)

17 (5.5)

3 (1.4)

7 (5.4)

6 (6.0)

4 (17.4)

4 (5.8)

Septic Shock 

745 (62.9)

197 (53.7)

226 (72.2)

153 (70.2)

75 (58.1)

41 (61.2)

7 (30.4)

46 (66.7)

Positive blood culture

636 (54.0)

133 (36.4)

154 (49.8)

160 (73.7)

75 (58.1)

57 (85.1)

16 (72.7)

41 (60.3)

APACHE II score

23 (17–29)

25 (18–31)

21 (16–28)

22 (17–27)

22 (15–28)

21 (17–30)

27 (20–33)

26 (18–34)

SOFA score

 All

9 (6–11)

9 (5–12)

9 (6–11)

9 (6–11)

8 (5–11)

8 (6–11)

9 (7–11)

10 (7–13)

 Respiratory

2 (1–2)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

1 (0.3–2)

1 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

 Cardiovascular

3 (0–4)

2 (0–4)

3 (1–4)

3 (0–4)

3 (0–4)

2.5 (0–4)

0 (0–4)

0 (0–3)

 Hepatic

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1.8)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–2)

 Coagulation

1 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

2 (0–3)

 Renal

1 (0–3)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (0–3)

2 (0–3)

1 (1–2)

2 (0.3–3.8)

 Neurological

1 (0–3)

1.5 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–3)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

3 (2–3)

1 (0–3)

Broad spectrum antibiotics

 Carbapenem

627 (55.0)

159 (45.0)

182 (61.3)

127 (59.6)

79 (63.7)

30 (44.8)

10 (45.5)

40 (62.5)

 PIPC/TAZ

238 (20.9)

85 (24.1)

59 (19.9)

52 (24.4)

20 (16.1)

16 (23.9)

0 (0)

6 (9)

  1. Reported counts (proportions) of categorical and medians (interquartile range) for continuous variables. Missing data: BMI, n = 26; admission source, n = 2; APACHE II score, n = 16; SOFA score, n = 183
  2. ADL activities of daily living, APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, BMI body mass index, ED emergency department, SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOFA sepsis-related organ failure assessment