Research Article

Risk Factors and Outcome of Sepsis in Traumatic Patients and Pathogen Detection Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing

Table 5

Patient characteristics between survivor group and non-survivor group.

CharacteristicAssignmentSepsis (n = 64)Non-sepsis (n = 78)P

Septic shock(Yes = 1 or No = 0)38 (59.38%)25 (32.05%)0.001
Mechanical ventilation (n/%)(Yes = 1 or No = 0)62 (96.88%)67 (85.90%)0.038
APACHE II scoreActual value54.20 ± 6.7449.32 ± 6.68<0.001
SOFA scoreActual value8.43 ± 2.177.23 ± 1.96<0.001
ISS scoreActual value26.12 ± 4.4723.59 ± 5.010.002
MODS(Yes = 1 or No = 0)58 (90.63%)44 (56.41%)<0.001

APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; ISS, Injury Severity Score; MODS, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndromes.