A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis

Table 1

Study population demographics and clinical data.

Patient data
Number of patients	41
Age (years)	66 (62–77)
Gender (male/female)	29/12
Septic focus
Gastrointestinal tract	37 (90%)
Lung	8 (20%)
Genitourinary tract	1 (2%)
Other	2 (5%)
Surgery
Patients subjected to the surgical revision	24 (59%)
Length of stay
Days in the ICU	9 (4–18)
Days in the IMC	6 (0–14)
Days in the high dependence units (IMC + ICU)	18 (9–37)
Days in the hospital	40 (19–62)

ICU: intensive care unit; IMC: intermediate care unit. Median with interquartile range.