Table 2 Patient clinical and routine laboratory findings upon presentation

Temperature, °C

34.8 ± 3.4

36.5 ± 2.9

35.8 ± 2.5

36.3 ± 3.1

36.8 ± 2.5

0.017

HR, beats/min

106 ± 30

120 ± 26

115 ± 33

117 ± 34

120 ± 29

0.22

SBP, mmHg

106 ± 37

107 ± 36

96 ± 27

97 ± 33

113 ± 35

0.079

CVP, mmHg

8.95 ± 9.5

9.3 ± 8.5

4.3 ± 8.9

2.8 ± 6.2

1.96 ± 6.2

<0.0001

Glucose, mg/dL

46 ± 25

100 ± 12

133 ± 8

173 ± 14

543 ± 428

<0.0001

Lactate, mg/dL

10.1 ± 5

5.5 ± 4.7

5.9 ± 3.5

7.1 ± 5.1

7.3 ± 4.2

0.002

WBC, mm³

12 ± 10

11 ± 8

15 ± 10

15 ± 8

16 ± 9

0.008

Anion Gap, mM/L

24 ± 8

19 ± 9

20 ± 5

20 ± 6

23 ± 8

0.003

ScvO_{2, %}

61 ± 24

49 ± 18

49 ± 15

48 ± 10

55 ± 10

0.2

BUN, mg/dL

44 ± 26

41 ± 36

50 ± 29

53 ± 29

46 ± 33

0.53

Creatinine, mg/dL

3 ± 2

2 ± 2

3 ± 2

3 ± 2

2 ± 2

0.22

Positive Blood Culture, n (%)

22(69)

42(78)

30(77)

16(70)

68(80)

0.7

Bacteremia, n (%)

13(41)

15(28)

14(36)

8(35)

36(43)

0.5