Serum Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 and Procalcitonin Can Reflect Sepsis Severity and Predict Prognosis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients on admission to ICU.
Parameters
Survivors ()
Nonsurvivors ()
P value
Age (years)
0.307
Sex (male/female)
35/25
14/28
0.692
Initial sites of infection
Lung (%)
36 (60.0)
23 (54.8)
0.091
Urinary tract (%)
7 (11.7)
8 (19.0)
0.096
Gastrointestinal (%)
5 (8.3)
3 (7.1)
0.480
Blood infection (%)
6 (10.0)
2 (4.8)
0.157
Skin and soft tissue (%)
1 (1.7)
3 (7.1)
0.317
Others
4 (6.7)
3 (7.1)
0.705
Organism
G+ bacterium (%)
14 (23.3)
8 (19.0)
0.201
G− bacterium (%)
16 (26.7)
12 (28.6)
0.450
Fungi (%)
6 (10.0)
2 (4.8)
0.157
Mixed (%)
10 (16.7)
4 (9.5)
0.109
None detected (%)
14 (23.3)
16 (38.0)
0.715
APACHE II score
0.000
SOFA score
0.000
Data are expressed as mean ± SD or number (percentage). APACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment.
