Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of non-survivors and survivors.

	Non-survivors (n = 40)	Survivors (n = 277)	p value
Median age in years (IQR)	1.3 (0.2 – 4.5)	2.9 (1.1 – 6.7)	0.007
Number of males (%)	26 (65)	166 (59)	0.225
Median PRISM score	28 (17 – 37)	12 (7 – 18)	<0.001
Number with renal failure (%)	11 (27)	23 (8)	<0.001
Median fluid intake/kg in first 24 hours	178 (134 – 227)	138 (100 – 186)	0.003
%Positive fluid balance in first 24 hours	10.6 (3.8 – 15.7)	4.5 (1.3 – 9.8)	<0.001
Cumulative %positive fluid balance	19.5 (10.5 – 40.1)	6.5 (−1.3 – 14.6)	<0.001
PERSEVERE probability of mortality	0.472 (0.222 – 0.472)	0.011 (0.011 – 0.182)	<0.001
# of subjects < 28 days of age (%)	9 (23)	22 (8)	0.004
# with gram positive infection (%)	10 (25)	66 (24)	0.871
# with gram negative infection (%)	8 (20)	54 (19)	0.940
# with viral infection (%)	4 (10)	15 (5)	0.253
# with fungal infection (%)	0 (0)	2 (1)	0.590
# with mixed infection (%)	1 (3)	10 (4)	0.720
# with no organism identified (%)	17 (43)	130 (47)	0.599