Table 3 Association between delay in start of therapy and mortality (i.e. predicted mortality, 28-day, ICU, and hospital mortality) in the overall patient population and in post-surgical and medical patients
From: Hemoadsorption by CytoSorb in septic patients: a case series
Predicted mortality | 28-Day mortality | ICU mortality | Hospital mortality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delay in starting therapy | <24 h (n = 13) | 92.3 | 53.8 | 69.2 | 69.2 |
<48 h (n = 8) | 82.1 | 62.5 | 75.0 | 87.5 | |
>48 h (n = 5) | 97.1 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | |
Focus | Abdominal/post-surgical | 92.3 | 69.2 | 76.9 | 84.6 |
Pneumonic/medical | 87.0 | 53.8 | 69.2 | 76.9 |