Research Article
Analysis of Inflammatory Mediator Profiles in Sepsis Patients Reveals That Extracellular Histones Are Strongly Elevated in Nonsurvivors
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of study patients at baseline.
| Characteristics | All patients () |
| Age (years) | (26-89) | Gender, male | 19 (63%) | SAPS III | (45-107) | TISS | (26-57) | Leukocyte count (×103/μl) | (2-35) | Comorbidities, number (% of total) | Cardiovascular | 18 (60%) | Pulmonary | 7 (23%) | Hepatitis/pancreatitis | 1 (3%) | Neurological | 9 (30%) | Renal | 5 (17%) | Diabetes | 9 (30%) | Primary site of infection, number (% of total) | Lung | 1 (3%) | Abdomen | 10 (33%) | Blood | 7 (23%) | Urinary tract | 3 (10%) | Other | 7 (23%) | Unknown | 2 (7%) |
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Data are represented as (range) or (%). SAPS III: Simplified Acute Physiology Score III; TISS: Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System. |