Table 1.
Summary of patient presentation and clinical course.
| Patient characteristic | Total (n = 11) |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 56.3 ± 12.0 |
| Sex | |
| Female | 4 |
| Male | 7 |
| Race | |
| White | 6 |
| Other | 2 |
| Unknown | 3 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 5 |
| Not Hispanic | 2 |
| Unknown | 4 |
| Hospitalization Characteristics | |
| Length of stay in days (mean ± SD) | 44.7 ± 23.8 |
| Days to onset of skin lesions (mean ± SD) | 10.0 ± 5.4 |
| ICU-level care | 11 |
| Death | 3 |
| Skin Lesion Location | |
| Head, face, and neck | 3 |
| Upper extremity | 1 |
| Lower extremity | 1 |
| Buttocks/sacrum | 7 |
| Trunk | 2 |
| Multiple locations | 2 |
| Past Medical History | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 |
| Cognitive impairment | 3 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 |
| Incontinence | |
| Fecal | 3 |
| Urinary | 4 |
| Obesity | |
| Class I (BMI 30.0-34.9) | 4 |
| Class II (BMI 35.0-39.9) | 1 |
| Class III (BMI >40.0) | 3 |
| Osteoporosis | 1 |
| Clinical Course, Events, and Treatments | |
| Anemia | 11 |
| Fever | 11 |
| Lower extremity edema | 2 |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 2 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 2 |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 4 |
| Malnutrition | 8 |
| Minimum albumin, (mean ± SD) | 2.1 ± 0.2 |
| Feeding tube | 11 |
| Parenteral nutrition | 1 |
| Rectal intubation | 11 |
| Tracheal intubation | 11 |
| Therapeutic anticoagulation | 9 |
| Urinary catheterization | 9 |
| Coagulopathy at Lesion Onset (mean ± SD) | |
| PT [10-13 s] | 14.8 ± 1.0 |
| PTT [25-40 s] | 38.2 ± 10.5 |
| Platelet count [150–350 thousand cells/mm3] | 321 ± 123 |
| D-dimer [<500 ng/mL] | 3410 ± 1390 |
| Fibrinogen [200 to 400 mg/dL] | 691 ± 132 |
BMI, Body mass index; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; SD, standard deviation.