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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Determining rhythmicity and determinism of temperature curves in septic and non-septic critically ill patients through chronobiological and recurrence quantification analysis: a pilot study

Parameter

Group A (n = 10)

Group B (n = 6)

Group C (n = 5)

Age (years)

61.2 ± 24.3

60.7 ± 14.3

62.4 ± 20.5

Diagnosis

Pneumonia (n = 5)

Multitrauma patients (n = 3)

Multitrauma patients (n = 3)

Intra-abdominal sepsis (n = 1)

Aortic aneurysm rapture (n = 2)

Aortic aneurysm rapture (n = 2)

Bacteremia (n = 3)

Acute pulmonary edema (n = 1)

 

Urinary tract sepsis (n = 1)

  

APACHE II score

18.9 ± 6.2

20.3 ± 5.4

19.2 ± 4.3

SAPS II score

44.2 ± 15.6

43.5 ± 17.2

42.7 ± 14.8

Entry SOFA score

7.6 ± 3.8

7.2 ± 4.3

7.9 ± 2.5

ICU LOS

9.1 ± 8.4

12 ± 10.7

9.8 ± 10.3

Hospital LOS

26 ± 22.5

24 ± 14.1

23 ± 20.6

  1. Differences between groups are not statistically significant. Values are mean ± SD. APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA Specific Organ Failure Assessment, LOS length of stay