Table 3.
Comorbidities detected in patients with 521 episodes of blood culture-proven sepsis.
| Number (%) of episodesc | |
|---|---|
| Neurological or neuromuscular | 17 (3) |
| Cardiovascular | 35 (7) |
| Respiratory | 30 (6) |
| Renal and urological | 12 (2) |
| Gastrointestinal | 37 (7) |
| Hematological or immunological | 8 (2) |
| Metabolic | 11 (2) |
| Other congenital or genetic defect | 20 (4) |
| Malignant disease | 46 (9) |
| Neonatala | 122 (23) |
| Surgery or burn | 40 (8) |
| Technology dependenceb | 19 (4) |
| Solid organ transplantation | 2 (<1) |
a
Gestational age <27 weeks, or birthweight <750 g, or history of mechanical ventilation, or history of necrotising colitis.
b
Central line or urinary catheter or ventriculoperitoneal shunt system present at sepsis onset, or total parental nutrition in a child that does not have any other comorbidity.
c
More than one comorbidity might be present in a sepsis episode; therefore, numbers and percentages do not add up to 521 and 100, respectively.