Table 2.

Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Infected Non-Trauma Population Characteristics, by Discharge Status

	Discharged alive		Discharged deceased		p Value
	n	%*	n	%*
n	203	70	87	30	-
Age, y†	54.8 ± 1.0	-	63.0 ± 1.6	-	<0.01
Hospital length of stay†	41.2 ± 2.4	-	31.2 ± 3.0	-	<0.01
ICU length of stay†	20.1 ± 1.0	-	21.3 ± 2.2	-	0.90
White blood cell count†	15.9 ± 0.9	-	16.2 ± 1.3	-	0.73
Race/Ethnicity
White	176	86.7	75	86.2	0.91
African American	22	10.8	7	8.0	0.47
Hispanic	1	0.5	2	2.3	0.16
Other	4	2.0	3	3.4	0.03
No. of infections treated during ICU admission
1	124	61.1	48	55.2	0.35
2	51	25.1	15	17.2	0.14
3 or more	16	7.9	13	14.5	<0.01
Total infections during ICU admission	310	-	150	-	-
Comorbidities
Coronary artery disease	66	32.5	33	37.9	0.39
Cerebrovascular disease	17	8.4	10	11.5	0.41
Chronic renal disease	21	10.3	7	8.0	0.54
Corticosteroids	20	9.9	14	16.1	0.13
Liver disease	29	14.3	18	20.7	0.18
Malignancy	48	23.6	35	40.2	<0.01
Peripheral vascular disease	20	9.9	8	9.2	0.85
Pulmonary disease	50	24.6	20	23.0	0.75
Autoimmune disorders	6	3.0	3	3.4	0.83
Diabetes mellitus	68	33.5	20	23.0	0.07
Other	42	20.7	17	19.5	0.82
Interventions
Mechanical ventilation	175	86.2	74	85.1	0.80
Total days intubated†	14.9 ± 0.8	-	15.9 ± 1.0	-	0.35
Tracheostomy	15	7.4	5	5.7	0.60
Transfusions	142	70.0	68	78.2	0.07
Scoring†
GCS	14.2 ± 0.2	-	13.8 ± 0.2	-	0.08
APACHE II	18.5 ± 0.5	-	22.2 ± 0.7	-	<0.01
MODS	8 ± 0.3	-	8.3 ± 0.5	-	0.60
McCabe score
0	37	18.2	13	14.9	0.50
1	133	65.5	45	51.7	0.03
2	29	14.3	24	27.6	<0.01
3	3	1.5	5	5.7	0.04

^*Percent based on total infected non-trauma population.

^†Expressed as mean ± Standard error of the mean.