Table 3. Demographic and clinical variables of patients admitted in the ICU with pneumonia according to the presence of MR pathogens.
MR patients n = 23 (14%) | No MR patients n = 146 (86%) | P Value | |
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Age (years) | 72 (59–77) | 67 (57–73) | 0.126 |
Male gender | 16 (70%) | 89 (61%) | 0.494 |
Performance Status | |||
0–1 | 8 (35%) | 75 (51%) | 0.179 |
2–4 | 15 (65%) | 69 (47%) | |
Solid tumors | 15 (65%) | 102 (70%) | 0.635 |
Hematologic malignancy | 8 (35%) | 44 (30%) | |
Hospital LOS prior ICU (days) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0.901 |
Charlson comorbidity | 2 (2–6) | 3 (2–5) | 0.484 |
Neutropenia | 3 (13%) | 13 (9%) | 0.460 |
Septic shock at ICU admission | 19 (83%) | 121 (83%) | 0.999 |
SOFA D1 – points | 9 (6–11) | 7 (5–11) | 0.247 |
SAPS II – points | 52 (46–63) | 51 (41–61) | 0.576 |
Ventilatory support category | |||
None | 0 (0%) | 5 (4%) | 0.999 |
Exclusive NIV | 1 (4%) | 13 (9%) | 0.695 |
NIV followed by MV | 4 (17%) | 29 (20%) | 0.999 |
MV | 22 (96%) | 128 (88%) | 0.476 |
RRT | 10 (44%) | 45 (31%) | 0.239 |
Corticosteroids use 30 days before | 7 (30%) | 38 (26%) | 0.622 |
ICU mortality | 13 (57%) | 74 (51%) | 0.658 |
Hospital mortality | 17 (74%) | 99 (68%) | 0.636 |
ICU LOS (days) | 14 (9–25) | 10 (4–18) | 0.052 |
Hospital LOS (days) | 27 (11–34) | 16 (8–34.25) | 0.550 |
Definition of abbreviations: LOS = length of stay; ICU = intensive care unit; NIV = noninvasive ventilation; SOFA score = sequential organ failure assessment score; SAPS score = simplified acute physiology score; RRT = renal replacement therapy