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Table 2 Univariate analysis of physiological and blood test parameters of the community-acquired pneumonia population on intensive care unit admission (n = 96), according to the presence of cancer

From: Cancer patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated in intensive care have poorer outcomes associated with increased illness severity and septic shock at admission to intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

Cancer

p-value

 

No (n = 77)

Yes (n = 19)

 
 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Physical finding

   

   Highest heart rate (bpm)

111 (95–127)

115 (109–142)

0.214

   Highest temperature (°C)

38 (37–38)

38 (37–38)

0.590

   Lowest SBP (mmHg)

90 (80–101)

90 (81–95)

0.655

   Lowest DBP (mmHg)

50 (40–60)

40 (35–50)

0.026

   Lowest PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg)

117 (82–171)

102 (78–163)

0.580

Laboratory values

   

   Haemoglobin (g/dl)

10.0 (8.6–2.3)

8.6 (7.7–9.9)

0.010

   White blood cells (×109/l)

11.08 (7.45–13.68)

10.76 (5.65–18.70)

0.956

   CRP(mg/l)

115 (40–235)

114 (76–247)

0.822

   Platelets (×109/l)

192 (120–287)

150 (113–324)

0.459

   INR

1.4 (1.2–1.6)

1.4 (1.3–1.8)

0.380

   PT (s)

17.6 (16.3–21.1)

18.3 (16.3–23.8)

0.397

   APTT (s)

36.5 (31.6–45.8)

38.7 (31.0–46.4)

0.981

   Sodium (mmol/l)

139 (135–143)

142 (139–145)

0.020

   Urea (mmol/l)

10.4 (4.7–15.2)

9.9 (6.1–18.0)

0.594

   Creatinine (µmol/l)

88 (65–193)

128 (51–280)

0.584

   AST (IU/l)

42 (24–97)

33 (29–98)

0.858

   ALT (IU/l)

31 (16–51)

31 (16–69)

0.887

  1. bpm, beats per minute; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; PaO2/FiO2, ratio of partial pressure arterial oxygen and fraction of inspired oxygen; CRP, C-reactive protein; INR, international normalised ratio; PT, prothrombin time; APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; AST, aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; IQR, interquartile range