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Table 5 Baseline demographic characteristics of the study patients

From: Closed Or Open after Source Control Laparotomy for Severe Complicated Intra-Abdominal Sepsis (the COOL trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Male/female,

Age, median (IQRa), years

Septic shockb

World Society of Emergency Surgery Sepsis Severity Scorec

Calgary PIRO Scored

GCSe, median (IQR)

APACHE IIf, median (IQR)

Arterial pH, mean (95% CI)

Base deficit, median (IQR)

Lactate, median (IQR)

INRg, median (IQR)

Temperature, mean (95% CI)

APACHE-II scoref, mean ± SDd

SOFA scoreh, mean ± SDe

Charlson Comorbidity Index scorei, median (IQR)

Worst physiologic measurements prior to randomization, median (IQR)

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

 Temperature (injured patients), °C

 Temperature (sepsis patients), °C

 pH

 Lactate, mmol/L

 Base deficit, mmol/L

 INR

Fluid administration prior to randomization, median (IQR)

 PRBCj, units

 FFPk, units

 PRBC/FFP ratio

 Crystalloid, L

Patient location prior to OR admission—no. (%)

 Emergency department

 Hospital ward

 Intensive care unit

Vasopressors required prior to randomization—no. (%)

Hours from sepsis diagnosis to laparotomy, median (IQR)

  1. aIQR interquartile range
  2. bSeptic shock as defined by SESPS-3 guidelines [7]
  3. cWSESSS [8]
  4. dCPIRO [43]
  5. eGCS Glasgow Coma Score
  6. fAcute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II
  7. gINR international normalized ratio
  8. hSOFA Sequential Assessment of Organ Failure [110]
  9. iCharlson Comorbidity Index [111]
  10. jPRBC packed red blood cells
  11. kFFP fresh frozen plasma