Table 6.
Study | Factors identified that are associated with hospital mortality |
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Owzcuk and colleagues [16] | High SAPS II, SOFA score or APACHE II score, neutropaenia, hypotension, cardiovascular failure |
Yau and colleagues [9] | Progression of underlying malignancy |
Massion and colleagues [11] | Respiratory failure, fungal infection, number of organ failures, haemopoeitic stem cell transplant status |
Benoit and colleagues [32] | Leukopaenia, use of vasopressors, urea >0.75 g/l |
Gordon and colleagues [6] | Hepatic failure, central nervous system failure, SAPS II score >66 |
Lim and colleagues [39] | Raised bilirubin, inotropic support, more than three organ failures |
Lloyd-Thomas and colleagues [8] | High APACHE II score, number of organ failures, mechanical ventilation |
Brunet and colleagues [10] | SAPS II score, more than one organ failure |
Kroschinsky and colleagues [14] | Haemofiltration, high SAPS II score |
Silfvast and colleagues [50] | Maximal SOFA score on admission |
Cornet and colleagues [17] | SAPS II and SOFA score over 96 hours |
Lamia and colleagues [12] | Severe sepsis or septic shock, vasopressor use, invasive ventilation, neutropaenia, allogeneic haemopoeitic stem cell transplant, high SAPS II, SOFA score, ODIN score or LODS score |
Bianchi and colleagues [41] | Mechanical ventilation, neutropaenia, renal failure |
APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; LODS: Logistic Organ Dysfunction Score; ODIN: Organ Dysfunction and/or Infection score; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.