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. 2013 Oct 22;1(4):E127–E133. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20130006

Table 2: Concurrent acute illnesses of adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit for sepsis.

Variable % (no.)*
p value
All patients (n = 369) Centre 1 (n = 174) Centre 2 (n = 114) Centre 3 (n = 81)
Acute renal failure
61 (224)
62 (108)
72 (82)
42 (34)
< 0.001
Myocardial infarction
35 (128)
33 (57)
59 (67)
5 (4)
< 0.001
Maximal serum lactic acid ≥ 4.0 mmol/L
35 (128)
24 (41)
48 (55)
40 (32)
< 0.001
ARDS or ALI
31 (115)
30 (53)
39 (44)
22 (18)
0.049
Cardiac arrhythmia
24 (89)
18 (32)
22 (25)
40 (32)
0.001
Maximal INR ≥ 2.0
23 (84)
14 (24)
34 (39)
26 (21)
< 0.001
Acute pulmonary edema
17 (61)
17 (29)
11 (13)
23 (19)
0.08
Massive hemorrhage
13 (48)
21 (37)
9 (10)
1 (1)
< 0.001
Ischemic bowel disease
6 (23)
8 (14)
4 (5)
5 (4)
0.5
Stroke
3 (10)
2 (4)
4 (5)
1 (1)
0.5
No. of acute illnesses per patient, median (IQR)
2 (1 to 3)
2 (1 to 3)
3 (2 to 4)
2 (1 to 3)
< 0.001
Patients with no concurrent acute illness
9 (34)
9 (15)
4 (4)
19 (15)
0.002
Patients with ≥ 1 concurrent acute illnesses
91 (335)
91 (159)
96 (110)
81 (66)
0.002
Patients with ≥ 2 concurrent acute illnesses 72 (265) 70 (121) 85 (97) 58 (47) < 0.001

Note: ALI = acute lung injury, ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome, INR = international normalized ratio, IQR = interquartile range.
*Unless stated otherwise.