TABLE 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients^a

Patient	Age (yr)	Gender	Wt (kg)	INR	Albumin	Diagnosis	APACHE II score (admission)	Clinical outcome
1	71	Male	95	1.4	22	Septic shock; source unknown	25	Death
2	48	Female	50	1.1	25	Pneumonia and septic shock	18	Home
3	56	Male	70	1.6	26	Pneumonia and septic shock	32	Death
4	61	Male	105	0.8	41	Pneumonia and septic shock	22	Death
5	45	Female	70	1.1	31	Biliary sepsis and septic shock	27	Home
6	57	Male	110	1.3	28	Septic arthritis and septic shock	29	Transferred
7	51	Female	60	1.0	21	Skin abscess and septic shock	30	Home
8	69	Male	110	1.4	20	Cellulitis and septic shock	18	Home
9	59	Male	70	1.1	27	Peritonitis and septic shock	25	Home
10	29	Female	65	1.2	29	Urinary sepsis and septic shock	22	Home
Median	57		70				25
25th percentile	49		66				22
75th percentile	61		103				28

^aAbbreviations: INR, international normalized ratio; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.