Table 1.
Patient demographics and characteristics, diagnosis of infection, disease severity and patient outcomes
| Total n=406 episodes, 397 patients | |
|---|---|
| Number of episodesa | |
| One episode | 388 (97.7) |
| Two episodes | 8 (2.0) |
| Three episodes | 1 (0.3) |
| Demographicsa | |
| Age (years, median (IQR)) | 74 (64–74) |
| Sex (male) | 236 (59.4) |
| Department of inclusion | |
| Emergency department | 381 (93.8) |
| Infectious diseases | 16 (3.9) |
| Haemodialysis | 9 (2.2) |
| Comorbiditiesa | |
| CCI (median (IQR) | 2 (0–2) |
| Cardiac | 90 (22.7) |
| Hypertension | 108 (27.2) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 48 (12.1) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 64 (16.1) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 108 (27.2) |
| Liver disease | 17 (4.3) |
| Dementia | 28 (7.1) |
| Diabetes | 76 (19.1) |
| Solid malignancies | 83 (20.9) |
| Haematological malignancies | 15 (3.8) |
| Diagnosis of infection | |
| Primary bacteraemia | 72 (17.7) |
| Secondary bacteraemia | 127 (31.3) |
| Bacterial pneumonia | 126 (31.0) |
| Influenza | 81 (20.0) |
| Disease severity* | |
| SOFA (median, IQR)) | 2 (2–4) |
| SOFA (1) | 73 (18.0) |
| SOFA (≧2) | 333 (82.0) |
| Septic Shock | 4 (1.0) |
| Bacteraemia | 217 (53.4) |
| Outcome | |
| Length of stay (days, median (IQR)) | 7 (4–13) |
| ICU admission | 72 (17.7) |
| ICU length of stay (days, median (IQR)) | 4 (2–9) |
| Mortality | 44 (10.8) |
| Worse outcome# | 96 (23.6) |
aDemographics, except department of inclusion, and comorbidities are shown on patient level, not on episode level. *Disease severity based on SOFA score at the start of a new episode. #Patients who were admitted to the ICU or who died during hospitalization were classified in the worse outcome group. All variables are presented as number (%) unless otherwise specified