Table 2.

Length of stay and amount of fluid in in the total cohort (A) and the subgroup of patients with septic shock (B) stratified for age categories into old and very old septic patients.

	A Total cohort			B Septic shock
	Old (>64 years)	Very old (>79 years)	p-value	Old (>64 years)	Very old (>79 years)	p-value
	n = 6,184	n = 3,201		n = 730	n = 324
Length of stay (h); median (IQR)	56 (72)	50 (67)	<0.001	71 (110)	64 (84)	0.01
<72 h; n (%)	3,805 (62)	2,093 (65)	<0.001	374 (51)	181 (56)	0.17
72–168 h; n (%)	1,612 (26)	814 (25)	0.50	193 (26)	105 (32)	0.05
>168 h; n (%)	767 (12)	294 (9)	<0.001	163 (22)	38 (12)	<0.001
Fluid management in first 24 h
Total amount of fluid (ml); median (IQR)	2,570 (2,890)	2,430 (2,608)	0.03	3,270 (3,815)	3,405 (3,258)	0.99
Amount of fluid per kg bodyweight; median (IQR)	32 (38)	33 (39)	0.10	40 (51)	47 (55)	0.15
Amount of fluid per kg BW > 30ml/kg/h; n (%)	1,581 (52)	865 (54)	0.17	235 (61)	110 (69)	0.10

SOFA, Sepsis-related organ failure assessment; BMI, body mass index; UTI, urinary tract infection; GI, gastrointestinal.