Table 1.

Baseline and outcome data

	Survivors (n = 16, 40%)	Non-survivors (n = 24, 60%)	P*
Age (years)	59 (28–82)	65 (33–86)	0.03
Sex (male/female)	11/5	11/13	0.15
Intensive care unit stay (days)	27 (11–48)	8 (2–57)	<0.01
Sepsis focus (n)
Pneumonia	9	4	0.02
Peritonitis	2	13	0.04
Wound infection	3	4	>0.99
Abscess	2	3	>0.99
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	10 (7–14)	11 (7–13)	0.61
Oxygenation index (mmHg)	245 (114–421)	199 (89–384)	0.44
APACHE III baseline score	55 (23–88)	61 (12–100)	0.91
APACHE III maximum score	75 (52–108)	86 (52–117)	0.47
MODS baseline	6 (2–11)	7 (2–12)	0.36
MODS max	9 (5–15)	9 (4–14)	0.73

Data presented as median (range). APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.

*P value for intergroup baseline and outcome data: Mann–Whitney U test, and Pearson chi-square and Fisher exact tests, respectively.