Clinical Study
Cardiac Contractile Reserve Parameters Are Related to Prognosis in Septic Shock
Table 1
Comparison of preexisting conditions, bacterial source, site of infection, and ICU evolution.
| | | 28-day survival () | 28-day death () | | | | m ± SD or (%) | m ± SD or (%) |
| | Age (years) | 63 ± 17 | 62 ± 14 | NS | | Male gender | 31 (72%) | 19 (70%) | NS | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.3 ± 7.0 | 27.2 ± 6.8 | NS | | Duration of hospitalization in ICU (days) | 14.0 ± 12.4 | 9.8 ± 10.1 | — | | Preexisting conditions | | | | | Diabetes | 18 (42%) | 3 (11%) | 0.007 | | Denutrition | 5 (12%) | 4 (15%) | NS | | Hypertension | 24 (56%) | 15 (56%) | NS | | Ischemic heart disease | 10 (23%) | 4 (15%) | NS | | Congestive heart failure | 6 (14%) | 3 (11%) | NS | | Chronic renal failure | 4 (9%) | 4 (15%) | NS | | Chronic respiratory disease | 11 (26%) | 6 (22%) | NS | | Homeopathy and cancer | 5 (12%) | 7 (26%) | NS | | Immunosuppression | 10 (23%) | 11 (41%) | NS | | Bacterial source | | | | | Gram-negative | 7 (16%) | 10 (37%) | 0.030 | | Gram-positive | 17 (40%) | 8 (30%) | | Other* | 3 (7%) | 5 (19%) | | No pathogen | 17 (40%) | 4 (15%) | | Site of infection | | | | | Lung | 25 (36%) | 18 (26%) | NS | | Catheter | 1 (1%) | 3 (4%) | | Endocardium | 4 (6%) | 0 | | Abdomen | 6 (9%) | 1 (1%) | | Soft tissues | 1 (1%) | 3 (4%) | | Kidney | 5 (7%) | 2 (3%) |
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Other: 2 Pneumocystis Jirovecii, 1 Geotrichum spp. ICU: intensive care unit.
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