Table 2.

Description of sepsis patients.

Patient	Age	Race	Sex	Type of Infection	SOFA	APACHE
1	48	White	Male	Staphylococcus aureus	0	Apache II score: 6 points (3% postoperative mortality, 8% nonoperative mortality)
2	68	White	Female	Staphylococcus aureus	2	Apache II Score: 9 points (3% estimated postoperative mortality, 8% estimated nonoperative mortality)
3	76	White	Male	Citrobacter species	3	Apache II Score: 13 points (7% est postoperative mortality)
4	78	White	Male	Enterobacteriaceae, Klebsiella species	3	Apache II Score: 8 points
5	23	White	Female	Sepsis due to Enterococcus faecalis (12 days prior to consent)	0	Apache II Score: 6 points