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Table 1 Distribution of clinical predictive variables of in-hospital mortality

From: Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study

Variables

Total patients

Dead

Survivors

RR

p value

n 3137

n 280

n 2857

(100%)

(8.9%)

(91.1%)

Age > 80 years

246 (7.8)

72 (25.7)

174 (6.1)

4.07 (3.22–5.14)

< 0.001

Immunodeficiency

240 (7.7)

56 (20.0)

184 (6.4)

3.02 (2.32–3.92)

< 0.001

Malignancy

333 (10.6)

83 (29.6)

250 (8.8)

3.55 (2.82–4.46)

< 0.001

Severe cardiovascular disease

406 (12.9)

106 (37.9)

300 (10.5)

4.10 (3.30–5.10)

< 0.001

Diabetes

400 (12.8)

76 (27.1)

324 (11.3)

2.55 (2.00–3.25)

< 0.001

Severe CKD

141 (4.5)

52 (18.6)

89 (3.1)

4.85 (3.78–6.22)

< 0.001

Severe COPD

186 (5.9)

60 (21.4)

126 (4.4)

4.33 (3.39–5.52)

< 0.001

Core temperature (°C)

 < 36.0

85 (2.7)

23 (8.2)

62 (2.2)

3.21 (2.22–4.64)

< 0.001

 36.0–38.0

2292 (73.1)

185 (66.1)

2107 (73.7)

0.72 (0.57–0.91)

< 0.05

 > 38.0

760 (24.2)

72 (25.7)

688 (24.1)

1.08 (0.84–1.40)

0.54

Hearth rate (bpm)

 < 60

8 (0.3)

1 (0.4)

7 (0.2)

1.40 (0.22–8.80)

0.72

 60–100

1919 (61.2)

117 (41.8)

1802 (63.1)

0.46 (0.36–0.57)

< 0.001

 > 100

1210 (38.6)

162 (57.9)

1048 (36.7)

2.19 (1.74–2.74)

< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

 < 90

138 (4.4)

49 (17.5)

89 (3.1)

4.61 (3.57–5.96)

< 0.001

 90–100

388 (12.4)

70 (25.0)

318 (11.1)

2.36 (1.84–3.03)

< 0.001

 > 100

2610 (83.2)

161 (57.5)

2449 (85.7)

0.27 (0.22–0.34)

< 0.001

Respiratory rate (breaths/min)

 < 22

2244 (71.5)

124 (44.3)

2120 (74.2)

0.32 (0.25–0.40)

< 0.001

 22–29

684 (21.8)

97 (34.6)

587 (20.5)

1.90 (1.50–2.39)

< 0.001

 30–35

154 (4.9)

39 (13.9)

115 (4.0)

3.13 (2.33–4.21)

< 0.001

 > 35

55 (1.8)

20 (7.1)

35 (1.2)

4.31 (2.98–6.23)

< 0.001

AVPU responsiveness scale

 Alert

2917 (93.0)

187 (66.8)

2730 (95.6)

0.15 (0.12–0.19)

< 0.001

 Voice

123 (3.9)

54 (19.3)

69 (2.4)

5.85 (4.62–7.41)

< 0.001

 Pain

74 (2.4)

23 (8.2)

51 (1.8)

3.70 (2.59–5.30)

< 0.001

 Unresponsive

23 (0.7)

16 (5.7)

7 (0.2)

8.21 (6.12–11.01)

< 0.001

NRS

 0–3

80 (2.6)

16 (5.7)

64 (2.2)

2.32 (1.47–3.64)

< 0.001

 4–6

1512 (48.2)

112 (40.0)

1400 (49.0)

0.72 (0.57–0.90)

< 0.05

 7–10

1112 (35.4)

128 (45.7)

984 (34.4)

1.53 (1.23–1.92)

< 0.001

 Not reported

433 (13.8)

24 (8.6)

409 (14.3)

NA

NA

qSOFA score

 0

1367 (43.6)

37 (13.2)

1330 (46.6)

0.20 (0.14–0.28)

< 0.001

 1

1323 (42.2)

109 (38.9)

1214 (42.5)

0.87 (0.96–1.10)

0.25

 2

353 (11.3)

84 (30.0)

269 (9.4)

3.38 (2.68–4.26)

< 0.001

 3

94 (3.0)

50 (17.9)

44 (1.5)

7.04 (5.61–8.82)

< 0.001

  1. All p values calculated using two-sided chi-square test
  2. RR: risk ratio, NA: not applicable, CKD: chronic kidney disease, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AVPU: alert/verbal/painful/unresponsive, NRS: numerical rating scale, qSOFA: Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment