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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and outcome of the patients with blood stream infection according to the sepsis type (i.e. primary or secondary sepsis).

From: Impact of previous sepsis on the accuracy of procalcitonin for the early diagnosis of blood stream infection in critically ill patients

Mean (SD) or number (%)

Primary sepsis n = 117

Secondary sepsis n = 62

p

Age (year-old)

64.9 (14.9)

65.8 (14.0)

0.690

Female/Male

49 (41.9)/68 (58.1)

25 (40.3)/37 (59.7)

0.966

Medical/surgical admission

104 (88.9)/13 (11.1)

49 (79.0)/13 (21.0)

0.119

SAPS II

47.9 (19.3)

49.1 (18.6)

0.673

ICU mortality

34.2%

46.8%

0.137

  1. SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; ICU: Intensive Care Unit.