Table 4 Characteristics after 72 h in the ICU, stratified by subsequent death or culture-proven infection

Age (tertiles)

≤ 56 years

29 (72.5%)

11 (27.5%)

0.612

57–67 years

35 (79.5%)

9 (20.5%)

≥ 68 years

38 (80.9%)

9 (19.1%)

Sex

female

60 (81.1%)

14 (18.9%)

0.312

male

42 (73.7%)

15 (26.3%)

ICU Type

Cardiac

24 (85.7%)

4 (14.3%)

0.402

Medical

28 (70.0%)

12 (30.0%)

Neurological

11 (73.3%)

4 (26.7%)

Surgical

39 (81.3%)

9 (18.8%)

Admission Diagnosis, by System

Cardiovascular

38 (92.7%)

3 (7.3%)

0.108

Digestive

28 (73.7%)

10 (26.3%)

Respiratory

17 (70.8%)

7 (29.2%)

Genitourinary

5 (71.4%)

2 (28.6%)

Neurologic

6 (75.0%)

2 (25.0%)

Neurosurgery

4 (57.1%)

3 (42.9%)

Metabolic

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

Other

4 (80.0%)

1 (20.0%)

Pre-ICU Days in Hospital

0 days

82 (84.5%)

15 (15.5%)

0.007

1–2 days

10 (55.6%)

8 (44.4%)

> 2 days

10 (62.5%)

6 (37.5%)

Receiving Dialysis

Yes

4 (44.4%)

5 (55.6%)

0.012

No

98 (80.3%)

24 (19.7%)

Receiving Ventilation

Yes

11 (50.0%)

11 (50.0%)

< 0.001

No

91 (83.5%)

18 (16.5%)

Vital Signs

Temperature > 38 °C

0 (0.0%)

1 (100.0%)

0.060

Heart Rate ≥ 120/min

7 (70.0%)

3 (30.0%)

0.533

Resp. Rate > 20/min

30 (69.8%)

13 (30.2)

0.119

MAP ≤ 65

6 (60.0%)

4 (40.0%)

0.157

Lab values

WBC (10⁹/L) > 10

49 (73.1%)

18 (26.9%)

0.182

Hct (%) ≤ 40

90 (75.6%)

29 (24.4%)

0.053

Albumin (g/dL) ≤ 3.4

59 (73.8%)

21 (26.3%)

0.156

Creatinine (mg/dL) > 1.2

33 (67.3%)

16 (32.7%)

0.025

Glasgow coma scale

< 5

2 (25.0%)

6 (75.0%)

< 0.001

5–10

7 (58.3%)

5 (41.7%)

> 10

93 (83.3%)

18 (16.2%)

APACHE IV score

≤ 42 points

59 (90.8%)

6 (9.2%)

< 0.001

43–73

34 (73.9%)

12 (26.1%)

> 73

9 (45.0%)

11 (55.0%)