Leucocyte data, patients and controls
| Patients | Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Septic shock survived | No shock | Difference between patient groups | ||
| Dead leucocytes any type | |||||
| Subjects | 13/14 (93%) | 16/26 (62%) | 18/48 (38%) | 0/50 | |
| Per mm3, mean (SD) | 89.3 (78.6) | 46.6 (80.3) | 34.9 (117.6) | p<0.0003 | |
| Dead neutrophils | |||||
| Subjects | 9/14 (64%) | 13/26 (50%) | 16/48 (33%) | 0 | |
| Per mm3, mean (SD) | 36.5 (47.8) | 19.5 (28.3) | 9.6 (16.5) | p=0.03 | |
| Neutropenia* | |||||
| Subjects | 5/14 (36%) | 2/26 (8%) | 1/48 (2%) | p<0.0001 | 1/50 (2%) |
| Neutrophils with cocci | |||||
| Subjects | 11/14 (79%) | 4/26 (15%) | 1/48 (2%) | 0 | |
| Per mm3, mean (SD) | 48.6 (43.4) | 4.9 (13.0) | 0.4 (2.7) | p<0.0001 | |
| Dead lymphocytes | |||||
| Subjects | 13/14 (93%) | 12/26 (46%) | 10/48 (21%) | 0/50 | |
| Per mm3, mean (SD) | 42.0 (52.7) | 17.1 (26.9) | 22.0† (107.4) | p<0.0001 | |
| Lymphocytopenia | |||||
| Subjects | 11/14 (79%) | 20/26 (77%) | 38/48 (79%) | p=0.98 | 5/50‡ (10%) |
| Reactive lymphocyte increase | |||||
| Subjects | 5/14 (36%) | 9/26 (35%) | 9/48 (19%) | p=0.18 | 4/50§ (8%) |
*All patients combined versus controls, p<0.001.
†Mean value inflated by one high value outlier; median=0.
‡All patients versus controls, p<0.0001.
§All patients versus controls, p=0.02.