TABLE 2.

Patient Characteristics of 33 Patients With a Positive Sepsis Screen and 30 Randomly Selected Patients With Negative Sepsis Screens

Patient Characteristics	Surgery (Positive)	Medicine (Positive)	Surgery (Negative)	Medicine (Negative)	P Value
No.	26	7	20	10
Age, y, mean	57.8 (± 16.5)	72.4 (± 16.8)	64.6 (± 19.4)	63.6 (± 16.8)	0.25
% Male (no.)	50% (13)	57% (4)	60% (12)	60% (6)	0.27
Length of stay, d, median (IQR)	9 (7–16.7)	7 (5.5–11.5)	11 (7.7–22)	8 (4–21)	0.38
No. of PODs until first positive screen, d, median (IQR)	2 (1–3)	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
% Mortality (no.)	0%	14% (1)	5% (1)	10% (1)	0.19

NOTE: Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; N/A, not applicable; PODs, postoperative days.