Table 1.

Clinical features of patients admitted to the ICU.

Variables	n
Patients admitted to the ICU	200
Patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis	140 (70%)
Male gender	122 (61%)
Average age, years (range)	60.75 (28–89)
Average length of stay in the ICU for patients without sepsis (days)	5
Average length of stay in the ICU for patients with sepsis (days)	15.7
APACHE II score average	35
Type of ICU admission—n (%) *
Medical admission	132 (66%)
Surgical admission	68 (34%)
Infection Site—n (%) *
Pulmonary	91 (65%)
Abdominal	42 (30%)
Urinary bacteremia	7 (5%)
Main Comorbidities—n (%) *
Neoplasms	112 (80%)
Diabetes mellitus	15 (10.7%)
Systemic arterial hypertension (PAH)	13 (9.3%)
Invasive Procedures—n (%) *,#
Urinary catheterization	77 (55%)
Central vascular catheterization	116 (82.9%)
Bladder probe	70 (50%)
Tracheostomy	105 (75%)
Mechanical ventilation	111 (79.3%)

Legend: * n = 140 (patients with sepsis); # most patients received more than one invasive procedure.