Table 2.
Relationships between the length of ICU stay and Demographic data, Comorbidities, and Source of Sepsis (n=168)
| length of ICU stays | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Median (Min. – Max.) | Mean ± SD. | p | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 10 (1 – 120) | 17 ± 20.5 | 0.892 |
| Female | 9.5 (1 – 210) | 21.8 ± 32.3 | |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 (1 – 210) | 21.8 ± 29.5 | 0.011* |
| Chronic kidney disease | 14 (1 – 124) | 25.2 ± 26.1 | 0.003* |
| High blood pressure | 10 (1 – 210) | 20.8 ± 28.9 | 0.229 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 10 (1 – 210) | 20.1 ± 30.5 | 0.999 |
| Immunosuppressed | 10.5 (2 – 120) | 21.5 ± 25.7 | 0.406 |
| Source of sepsis | |||
| Unknown | 21 (5 – 120) | 42.7 ± 44.2 | 0.046* |
| Abdomen | 19 (3 – 57) | 22.9 ± 19.3 | 0.101 |
| Lungs | 11.5 (1 – 210) | 24 ± 34.1 | 0.292 |
| Urinary Tract | 9 (1 – 120) | 16 ± 22.5 | 0.277 |
| Central nervous system | 20 (15 – 25) | 20 ± 7.1 | 0.371 |
| Soft Tissue/Ulcer | 12.5 (2 – 68) | 16.6 ± 15.8 | 0.652 |
| Orthopedic | 5# | - | |
| Bloodstream infection | 8 (2 – 21) | 10.3 ± 9.7 | 0.606 |
p: p-value for the association between length of ICU stay and different parameters; *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05; #: Excluded from the association due to a small number of case (n = 1)