Table 6.

Comparison of clinical and biological variables at ICU admission between survivor and non-survivor patients with severe pneumonia

	Survivors 43	Non-survivors 15	p value
Sex (male/female)	28/15	8/7
Age, years (mean ± SD)	62.4 ± 14	60.2 ± 10.9	0.22
SAPS II, median (IQR)	45(34–59)	66 (55–73)	<0.003
SOFA, median (IQR)	8 (6–11)	12 (9–13)	<0.005
Creatininemia, median (IQR), (μmol/L)	52 (33–100)	46 (30–95)	0.62
Positive HAA, n	11	4
PCT, median (IQR), (ng/mL)	0.97 (0.27–8)	5.2 (2–16.8)	0.025
hsCRP, median (IQR), (mg/L)	102 (65–242)	180 (95–278)	0.29
Presepsin, median (IQR), (pg/mL)	999 (570–2020)	1821 (1310–2837)	0.006
ICU length of stay, median (IQR), (days)	6 (4–11)	5 (2–9)	0.36

SAPS simplified acute physiology score, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment score, PCT procalcitonin, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

p: differences between survivor and non-survivor patients