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. 2015 Mar 24;10(3):e0120544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120544

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
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