Table 1.

Summary demographics of the 44 study patients with severe sepsis

	Severe sepsis (n = 44)
Male sex, n (%)	29 (66%)
Age, years	63 (56–71)
Surgical admission, n (%)	25 (57%)
Septic shock, n (%)	40 (91%)
APACHE II score on admission, points	26 (22–31)
SOFA score on admission, points	8 (6–12)
Length of stay in the ICU, days	7 (4–12)
30-day mortality, n (%)	11 (25%)

Variables are presented as frequencies with percentages or as medians with 25th to 75th percentiles

Apache II acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score

Sofa sequential organ failure assessment