Table 1.
Demographics, severity of illness, laboratory and outcome variables according to ICU vital status.
| Overall | Non-Survivors | Survivors | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | 150 | 27 (18%) | 123 (82%) | |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 60.2 (14.6) | 66.0 (10.9) | 59.0 (15.0) | 0.024 |
| Sex (Males, %) | 116 (77.3) | 24 (88.9) | 92 (74.8) | 0.184 |
| Body weight admission (kg, mean (SD)) discharge | 78.3 (18.4) 75.7 (17.8) |
77.4 (18.8) 81.5 (18.5) |
78.4 (18.4) 74.3 (17.5) |
0.785 0.054 |
| BMI (mean (SD)) | 26.47 (6.09) | 26.15 (6.42) | 26.54 (6.05) | 0.761 |
| SAPS2 (mean (SD)) | 52.9 (18.3) | 58.7 (15.8) | 51.7 (18.6) | 0.072 |
| SOFA on Day1 (median (Q1, Q3)) | 8 (5, 11) | 11 (9, 14) | 9 (6, 12) | 0.134 |
| NRS (median (Q1, Q3)) | 5 (3, 6) | 5 (4, 6) | 4 (3, 6) | 0.033 |
| Medical/Emergency surgery/elective surgery | 91/40/19 | 20/6/1 | 71/34/18 | 0.141 |
| Diabetes (%) | 26 (17.3) | 7 (25.9) | 19 (15.4) | 0.307 |
| Renal failure requiring CRRT (n, % of n) | 72 (48.0%) | 22 (81.5%) | 50 (40.5%) | <0.001 |
| Sepsis on admission (n, % of n) | 78 (52.0) | 15 (55.6) | 63 (51.2) | 0.845 |
| CRP (median (Q1, Q3)) mean of stay | 125 (81,170) | 153 (97, 183) | 116(77, 166) | 0.096 |
| Procalcitonin (median (Q1, Q3)) mean of stay | 1.4 (0.4, 4.6) | 3.2 (1.6, 7.7) | 1.0 (0.3, 3.7) | 0.008 |
| Glucose (daily means (median (Q1, Q3)) | 7.7 (7.2, 8.4) | 7.8 (7.4, 8.2) | 7.6 (7.1, 8.4) | 0.408 |
| Lactate (daily max (median (Q1, Q3)) | 1.7 (1.4, 2.1) | 2.0 (1.7, 2.7) | 1.6 (1.4, 2.1) | 0.004 |
| Pressure ulcers (n patients with) | 72 (48%) | 12 | 60 | 0.835 |
| MRC on discharge (median (Q1, Q3) (n = 91)) | 34 (24,42) | 31 (25, 43) | 35 (25,42) | 0.825 |
| Length of Mech.Ventilation (days) (median (Q1, Q3)) | 16.1 (10.0, 21.6) | 17.8 (13.2, 26.8) | 15.7 (9.8, 20.3) | 0.152 |
| Total length of ICU stay (median (Q1, Q3)) | 31 (23, 46) | 29 (18, 44) | 31 (24, 46) | 0.268 |
| Hospital length of stay (median (Q1, Q3)) | 57 (39, 82) | 30 (24, 47) | 63 (44, 91) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS = Simplified Acute Physiology Score, BMI = Body Mass Index, NRS = Nutrition risk screening, CRP = C-reactive protein, Q1 and Q3 = q quartiles 25, 75.