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Table 3 Comparison of comorbidities between the new groups of patients grouped by the cutoff value

From: Brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin I for prediction of the prognosis in cancer patients with sepsis

BNP on d3 (pg/ml)

< 681.5(n = 172)

> 681.5(n = 61)

P

Septic shock

  

0.000

  yes

53(30.8 %)

41(67.2 %)

 

  no

119(69.2 %)

20(32.8 %)

 

AKI

  

0.001

  yes

10(5.8 %)

30(49.2 %)

 

  no

162(94.2 %)

31(50.8 %)

 

ARF

  

0.025

  yes

83(48.3 %)

40(65.6 %)

 

  no

89(51.7 %)

21(34.4 %)

 

SIMD a

< 681.5(n = 83)

> 681.5(n = 43)

0.043

  yes

23/83(27.7 %)

19/43(44.2 %)

 

  no

60/83(72.3 %)

24/43(55.8 %)

 
  1. BNP brain natriuretic peptide; d3 the third day in ICU; AKI acute kidney injury; ARF acute respiratory failure; SIMD sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction; a126 out of 233 patients underwent bedside echocardiogram