Volume 9, Number 11—November 2003
Research
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Southern Chile
Raúl Riquelme*
, Mauricio Riquelme*, Antoni Torres†, Maria Luisa Rioseco*, José Antonio Vergara*, Luis Scholz‡, and Andrea Carriel*
, Mauricio Riquelme*, Antoni Torres†, Maria Luisa Rioseco*, José Antonio Vergara*, Luis Scholz‡, and Andrea Carriel*
Table 4
Variables with statically significant differences in survivors versus no survivors with hantavirus pulmonary syndromea
| Survivors |
No survivors |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean + SD | CI 95% | Mean + SD | CI 95% | p | |
| APACHE | 7.1 + 1.2 | 4.4 to 9.8 | 21 + 8.3 | 8.3 to 15.0 | 0.0000 |
| PAFI | 211 + 127 | 134 to 288 | 95 + 78 | 39.5 to 151.3 | 0.0097 |
| Blood pH | 7.43 + 0.04 | 7.40 to 7.45 | 7.32 + 0.12 | 7.23 to 7.41 | 0.0043 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.08 + 0.23 | 0.94 to 1.23 | 1.8 + 0.59 | 1.35 to 2.27 | 0.0003 |
| Prothrombin (%) | 90.9 + 17.8 | 75.9 to 105.7 | 63.2 + 32.0 | 23.4 to 102.9 | 0.0340 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 103.7 + 20.0 | 92.6 to 114.8 | 76.6 + 47.3 | 42.7 to 110.4 | 0.0296 |
| Respiratory rate | 25.2 + 10.2 | 19.5 to 30.8 | 38.4 + 7.8 | 32.4 to 44.4 | 0.0015 |
| Pulse | 104.6 + 16.5 | 95.4 to 113.8 | 117.7 + 21.9 | 102 to 133.4 | 0.0512 |
aSD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval; PAFI, arterial oxygen tension/inspiratory oxygen fraction; SBP, standard blood pressure.
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