Immunomodulatory Effect of Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration during Sepsis: Preliminary Data

Table 1

Characteristics of patients at baseline: gender, sex, underlying disease, origin of sepsis, and microbiology.

Patient	Gender	Age	Underlying disease	Origin of sepsis	Microbiology
N1	F	74	Gastric cancer, gastrectomy, and pulmonary thromboembolism	Abdominal	Candida albicans
N2	M	80	Left inferior pulmonary lobectomy, mesenteric infarction, and resection of small bowel	Abdominal	Bacteroides fragilis
N3	F	79	Pulmonary thromboembolism	Pulmonary	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N4	F	60	Posttraumatic subdural haemorrhage	Pulmonary	Acinetobacter baumannii
N5	M	34	Multiple thoracic and abdominal trauma	Pulmonary	Acinetobacter baumannii
N6	F	51	Substitution of mitral valve after rheumatic fever cardiopathy	Mediastinal abscess	Candida albicans Escherichia coli
N7	M	56	Acute respiratory failure, lung cancer	Pulmonary	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N8	M	55	Evacuation of cerebral haemorrhage	Pulmonary	Klebsiella pneumoniae
N9	M	51	Ligature of left external carotid, draining of facial, neck, and mediastinic abscess	Mediastinal abscess, infection of tracheostomy site	Klebsiella pneumoniae Candida albicans
N10	M	48	Multiple abdominal and pelvic trauma	Urinary	Escherichia coli
N11	F	59	Perforation of the colon, colonic resection, and peritonitis	Abdominal	Escherichia coli, Enterobacter spp.
N12	F	62	Acute respiratory failure, COPD	Pulmonary	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acinetobacter baumannii
N13	M	46	Multiple thoracic abdominal and pelvic trauma	CVC	Staphylococcus coagulase negative