From: Septic shock in older people: a prospective cohort study
Young | Elderly | Group A vs. B | |||||
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Control n=36 | Septic shock (group A) n=21 | p-value | Control n=8 | Septic shock (group B) n=8 | p-value | p-value | |
age (yrs) | 45 ± 11 | 40 ± 13 | 0.154 | 73 ± 6 | 75 ± 9 | 0.666 | 0.000 |
male sex | 38% | 50 | 0.454 | 50 | 62% | 0.766 | |
creatinin (mg/dl) | 1.50 ± 2.73 | 1.04 ± 1.24 | 0.523 | 1.50 ± 1.60 | 2.62 ± 1.40 | 0.173 | 0.017 |
sodium (meq/dl) | 142 ± 11 | 139 ± 9 | 0.133 | 141 ± 6 | 146 ± 18 | 0.454 | 0.283 |
potassium (meq/dl) | 3.52 ± 0.84 | 3.52 ± 1.16 | 0.988 | 3.62 ± 0.74 | 4.25 ± 0.70 | 0.122 | 0.055 |
magnesium (mg/dl) | 1.44 ± 0.55 | 1.19 ± 0.51 | 0.147 | 1.38 ± 0.51 | 1.63 ± 0.51 | 0.302 | 0.064 |
calcium (mg/dl) | 4.77 ± 0.86 | 4.42 ± 0.74 | 0.100 | 4.75 ± 0.46 | 4.12 ± 0.64 | 0.043 | 0.294 |
phosphate (mg/dl) | 3.03 ± 1.15 | 3.86 ± 2.47 | 0.073 | 3.75 ± 1.66 | 4.38 ± 1.92 | 0.482 | 0.577 |
chloride (mg/dl) | 107 ± 12 | 105 ± 7 | 0.527 | 108 ± 10 | 104 ± 6 | 0.394 | 0.703 |
hemoglobin (g/dl) | 12 ± 2.0 | 10 ± 2.2 | 0.011 | 10 ± 2.0 | 10 ± 2.2 | 0.913 | 0.939 |
hematocrit (g/dl) | 36 ± 6 | 30 ± 6 | 0.010 | 31 ± 6 | 32 ± 6 | 1.000 | 0.769 |
leucocytes (/mm3) | 10891 ± 4386 | 15569 ± 13341 | 0.046 | 17830 ± 23033 | 11863 ± 6020 | 0.499 | 0.314 |
PMN cells (/mm3) | 8778 ± 4003 | 12406 ± 10710 | 0.061 | 7518 ± 3917 | 10446 ± 5632 | 0.231 | 0.529 |
platelets (/mm3) | 235833 ± 136039 | 224571 ± 171250 | 0.769 | 196500 ± 86663 | 152750 ± 69134 | 0.267 | 0.119 |
albumin (g/dl) | 2.83 ± 0.81 | 2.04 ± 0.74 | 0.000 | 2.62 ± 0.51 | 2.12 ± 0.35 | 0.039 | 0.708 |
lactate (g/dl) | 12.75 ± 6.83 | 31.61 ± 35.91 | 0.001 | 11.25 ± 4.71 | 19.12 ± 9.32 | 0.311 | 0.154 |
CRP (g/dl) | 50 ± 76 | 139 ± 129 | 0.003 | 56 ± 73 | 96 ± 162 | 0.494 | 0.939 |
SOFA score | 3.50 ± 3.12 | 9.14 ± 4.13 | 0.000 | 4.13 ± 3.22 | 9.25 ± 2.96 | 0.002 | 0.517 |
ICU mortality | 11% | 47% | 0.003 | 37.5% | 50% | 0.628 | 0.939 |