Table 3.
Initial Treatments Administered
| Intervention | Positive group (n = 95) |
Negative group (n = 116) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endotracheal intubation | 26 (27) | 32 (28) | .97 |
| Mean crystalloid volume ± SD, L | 5.7 ± 3.2 | 6.0 ± 3.3 | .91 |
| Vasopressor administration | 68 (72) | 83 (72) | .99 |
| Dobutamine administration | 5 (5) | 4 (3) | .54 |
| PRBC transfusion | 7 (7) | 6 (5) | .52 |
| Other | |||
| Median time to initial antibiotics (IQR), min | 83 (43–133) | 97 (62–179) | .03 |
| Steroid administration | 42 (44) | 53 (46) | .83 |
| Activated protein C | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | .15 |
NOTE. Data are no. (%) of patients, unless otherwise indicated. Dichotomous characteristics were compared using the Fisher exact test. The Student t test was used to compare crystalloid volume. Time to initial antibiotics was compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. IQR, interquartile range; PRBC, packed red blood cell; SD, standard deviation.