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Table 2 Clinical management within the first day of hospitalization

From: Early management of sepsis in medical patients in rural Thailand: a single-center prospective observational study

Therapy

All patients

(N = 3716)

General ward

(N = 3089)

ICU

(N = 627)

P value

Antibiotic, n (%)

3308 (89%)

2703 (88%)

605 (96%)

< 0.001

Blood culture, n (%)

3136 (84%)

2573 (83%)

563 (90%)

< 0.001

Urinary catheterization, n (%)

2457 (66%)

1851 (60%)

606 (97%)

< 0.001

Acute dialysis, n (%)

33 (0.9%)

17 (0.6%)

16 (3%)

< 0.001

Adrenergic agent, n (%)

1606 (43%)

1165 (38%)

441 (70%)

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

1150 (31%)

650 (21%)

500 (79%)

< 0.001

  1. Management of general ward and ICU patients was compared using Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and chi-squared or exact tests for categorical variables
  2. ICU intensive care unit
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492