Table 1.

Demographics, Severity and Outcome

Attribute	Central Tendency and Variation*
Age (years)	57 (40–63)
Female sex (%)	54
Admission APACHE II (points)	18.5 (14.8–29.2)
Day 1 SOFA (points)	9 (6–11)
Day 2 SOFA (points)	4 (3–10)
Day 3 SOFA (points)	3 (2–7)
Vasopressors at ICU admission (%)	63
Vasopressor independent at 24 hours (%)	60
28-day Mortality (%)	10
Vasopressor-free days at 28 days	27 (25–28)
Baseline symptomatic CHF (%)	6
Ejection fraction < 45% (%)	15
Sepsis source (%)
Pneumonia (N=14)	29
Urinary (N=11)	23
Skin/soft tissue (N=8)	17
Other/uncertain (N=7)	15
Abdominal (N=4)	8
Bacteremia (N=4)	8

^*Mean (standard deviation) or median (inter-quartile range), depending on normality of the data