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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Intensive Care Med. 2017 Oct 15;34(6):472–479. doi: 10.1177/0885066617735783

Table 2.

Demographic and Disease Characteristics of Cohorts identified by Combinations of Codes

RESOLVE Septic Shock OR Severe Sepsis codes Septic Shock AND Severe Sepsis codes only Angus AND Martin strategies only All 4 Strategies

n=477 n=3,598 n=80 n=3,510 n=1,949
Male sex, n (%) 28 (54.1%) 1,939 (53.9%) 43 (53.8%) 1,933 (55.1%) 1,048 (53.9%)
Age in years, n (%)
 0 to < 1 151 (31.7%) 1,245 (34.6%) 75 (93.8%) 1,541 (43.9%) 387 (19.9%)
 1 to < 5 149 (31.2%) 622 (17.3%) * 615 (17.5%) 394 (20.2%)
 5 to < 10 101 (21.2%) 449 (12.5%) * 366 (10.4%) 318 (16.3%)
 10 to < 18 76 (15.9%) 1,282 (35.6%) * 988 (28.1%) 850 (43.6%)
Race
 White 314 (65.8%) 1,504 (42.3%) 32 (41.0%) 1,461 (42.3%) 838 (42.9%)
 Hispanic 95 (19.9%) 637 (17.9%) * 589 (17.1%) 383 (19.7%)
 African-American 28 (5.9%) 885 (24.9%) 23 (29.4%) 894 (25.9%) 440 (22.6%)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 13 (2.7%) 118 (3.3%) 0 115 (3.3%) 59 (3.0%)
   Other or Missing Race 27 (5.7%) 454 (12.6%) 13 (16.6%) 451 (12.8%) 229 (11.7%)
Disease Severity
Number of organ failures
  1 859 (23.9%) 38 (47.5%) 1,403 (40.0%) 353 (18.1%)
  2 1,118 (31.1%) 26 (32.5%) 1,002 (28.6%) 590 (30.3%)
  3 826 (23.0%) 12 (15.0%) 326 (9.3%) 545 (28.0%)
  4 428 (11.9%) * 92 (2.6%) 308 (15.8%)
  5 180 (5.0%) 0 * 137 (7.0%)
Number of organ failures, median 2 2 1 3
Cardiovascular Failure, n (%) 2,688 (74.7%) 80 (100%) 167 (4.8%) 1,949 (100%)
Hematologic Failure, n (%) 928 (25.8%) * 1,188 (33.9%) 568 (29.14%)
Hepatic-Metabolic Failure, n (%) 1,993 (55.4%) 31 (38.8%) 1,635 (46.6%) 1,177 (60.4%)
Renal Failure, n (%) 755 (21.0%) 19 (23.8%) 394 (11.2%) 368 (18.9%)
Respiratory Failure, n (%) 1,721 (47.8%) * 1,1173 (33.4%) 1,004 (51.5%)
Neurologic Failure, n (%) 208 (5.8%) * 246 (7.0%) 115 (5.9%)
Site of infection
  Bacteremia 151 (31.7%) 3,005 (83.5%) * 3,239 (92.3%) 1,934 (99%)
  Respiratory 1,336 (50.6%) 1,247 (34.7%) * 1,028 (29.3%) 735 (37.7%)
  Intra-abdominal 530 (20.1%) 528 (14.7%) 0 421 (12.0%) 324 (16.6%)
  Urinary Tract/GU 268 (10.2%) 425 (11.8%) * 557 (15.9%) 235 (12.1%)
  Other 479 (18.1%) 1,183 (32.8%) * 1,780 (50.7%) 657 (33.7%)
Mortality
  14 day mortality 67 (14.1%) 417 (11.6%) 24 (30.0%) 87 (2.5%) 213 (10.9%)
  28 day mortality 82 (17.3%) 560 (15.6%) 30 (37.5%) 140 (4.0%) 276 (14.2%)
  In-hospital mortality 82 (17.3%) 763 (21.2%) 39 (48.8%) 261 (7.4%) 352 (18.1%)
  One year mortality 867 (24.1%) 41 (51.3%) 406 (11.6%) 1.0%)
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Indicates number <11, which cannot be presented due to the terms of our data use agreement (to protect patient confidentiality).