Table 1.
Clinical features of patients with septic shock/severe sepsis treated with pulse high volume hemofiltration
| Age (years)/sex/body weight (kg) | Number of treatments | Diagnosis | Microbiology | Number of organ failures | APACHE II scorea | SAPS II scorea | SOFA score | 28-day survival |
| 66/M/77 | 1 | CHF, septic shock | Negative | 4 | 35 (83%) | 79 (92%) | 14 | D |
| 62/M/70 | 2 | Lobar pneumonia | Negative | 4 | 27 (61%) | 53 (53%) | 11 | D |
| 77/M/70 | 2 | Ruptured abdomonal aortic aneurysm, pancreatitis | Nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli | 4 | 32 (76%) | 53 (53%) | 14 | D |
| 37/M/87 | 5 | Necrotizing fasciitis | Negative | 5 | 29 (67%) | 58 (64%) | 17 | A |
| 69/F/68 | 3 | Kidney transplant, disseminated candidiasis, septicaemia (uncertain source) | Candida glabrata, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus | 4 | 34 (81%) | 86 (95%) | 13 | A |
| 54/M/80 | 2 | Bronchopneumonia | Negative | 3 | 23 (46%) | 46 (37%) | 12 | A |
| 54/F/45 | 2 | Myelodysplasia, acute endocarditis | Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli | 5 | 29 (67%) | 55 (58%) | 17 | D |
| 58/F/65 | 3 | Obstructive uropathy, pyelonephritis | Escherichia coli | 4 | 28 (64%) | 46 (37%) | 15 | A |
| 64/M/80 | 1 | Exfoliative dermatitis, erysipilas | Haemolytic Streptococcus group A | 4 | 39 (90%) | 82 (94%) | 16 | D |
| 74/F/90 | 2 | Nosocomial pneumonia, catheter-related sepsis | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus | 4 | 33 (79%) | 61 (70%) | 14 | A |
| 43/F/63 | 6 | Kidney transplant, disseminated candidiasis, UTI | Escherichia coli, Candida albicans | 3 | 26 (57%) | 32 (42%) | 11 | A |
| 33/M/85 | 3 | Multiple trauma, infected wound | Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus | 5 | 31 (73%) | 70 (84%) | 13 | D |
| 69/F/82 | 2 | Multiple myeloma, peritonitis | Nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli | 4 | 33 (79%) | 74 (88%) | 14 | D |
| 44/F/83 | 8 | Kidney transplant, septicaemia (uncertain source) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis | 4 | 36 (85%) | 68 (81%) | 16 | A |
| 59/F/63 | 9 | Rheumatoid arthritis, pneumonia | Streptococcal pneumonia | 5 | 33 (79%) | 67 (80%) | 16 | A |
aShown in parentheses is the predicted chance of hospital mortality. A, alive; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score; CHF, congestive heart failure; D, died; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; UTI, urinary tract infection.