Table 5 Patient mortality characteristics
From: Descriptive analysis of sepsis in a developing country
Mortality (no) | Mortality (yes) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | ||
Norepinephrine | 17 | 45.9 | 20 | 54.1 | <0.001 |
Dopamine | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 62.5 | 0.044 |
Steroid use | 25 | 53.2 | 22 | 46.8 | 0.001 |
Antibiotics initiated in ED | 61 | 71.8 | 24 | 28.2 | 0.127 |
Antibiotics initiated in ICU | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 0.248 |
Antibiotics initiated in GPU | 4 | 53.2 | 2 | 46.8 | 0.248 |
SIRS | |||||
0 or 1 | 22 | 73.3 | 8 | 26.7 | 0.543 |
≥ 2 | 45 | 67.2 | 22 | 32.8 | |
Bacteremia | |||||
No | 29 | 51.8 | 27 | 48.2 | <0.001 |
Yes | 38 | 92.7 | 3 | 7.3 | |
ICU admission | 24 | 55.8 | 19 | 44.2 | 0.012 |
GPU admission | 42 | 80.8 | 10 | 19.2 | 0.007 |