Clinical Study

Commonly Used Severity Scores Are Not Good Predictors of Mortality in Sepsis from Severe Leptospirosis: A Series of Ten Patients

Table 1

Demographic and Clinical Data on ICU admission in survivors and nonsurvivors.

VariableOverallSurvivorsNonsurvivors

Age54 (22, 74)56 (22, 74)52 (50, 58)
ICU LOS10.5 (4,37)17 (5, 37)8 (4, 13)
PaO2/FiO2155 (70, 338)215 (142, 338)105 (70, 150)
Platelet count35 (15, 82)43 (20, 82)21 (15, 28)
Bilirubin8.64 (1, 17)9.33 (1, 14)7 (2, 17)
Creatinine2.9 (1, 6)3.7 (1, 6)3 (3, 4)
Ventilator days6 (0, 27)0 (0, 27)8 (4, 13)
SOFA score15.5 (9, 18)14 (9, 18)17 (17, 18)

PaO2/FiO2, with PaO2 measured in mmHg, Platelet count expressed in thousands/mm3, Bilirubin measured as mg/dL, Creatinine measured as mg/dL.
Values are presented as median (minimum, maximum).