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Table 3 Patient management characteristics

From: Descriptive analysis of sepsis in a developing country

 

Number

Mean ± SD

Range

LOS in ED (hours)

97

13.35 ± 17.154

1.00–137.50

LOS in ICU (days)

43

12.04 ± 13.951

0.40–70.67

LOS in GPU (days)

52

7.27 ± 5.941

0.33–30.95

LOS in the hospital (days)

97

13.86 ± 13.618

0.507–70.917

Time to vasopressors in the first 24 h (hours)

21

9.14 ± 8.027

0.50–24.00

Time to norepinephrine (hours)a

36

148.20 ± 282.190

1–1464.00

Time to dopamine (hours)a

7

278.31 ± 393.557

1–870.50

Time to dobutamine (hours)

4

59.50 ± 41.026

22–114.50

Vasopressors Tx duration (days) for those who took vasopressors in the first 24 h

21

3.33 ± 3.411

0.13–12.88

Steroid Tx duration (days)

47

7.55 ± 7.540

0.50–35.00

Time to antibiotic treatment initiation (hours)a

96

3.43 ± 4.479

0.167–36.33

IV fluid requirement first 6 h (liters)

96

1.75 ± 1.964

0.02–11.06

IV fluid requirement first 24 h (liters)

96

3.37 ± 2.846

0.160–16.642

  1. aThe time to norepinephrine, to dopamine, and to antibiotic treatment for one patient is missing since the paper containing this information was not found in the patient’s chart