Research Article

Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Critically Ill Elderly Patients with Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Study

Table 1

Classification of infections in critically ill elderly patients.

ClassificationAll (n = 439)Nonsurvivor (n = 132)Survivor (n = 307) value

Pneumonia271 (61.7)89 (67.4)182 (59.3)0.108
Genitourinary infection69 (15.7)16 (12.1)53 (17.3)0.175
Hepatobiliary infection47 (10.7)9 (6.8)38 (12.4)0.084
Gastrointestinal infection21 (4.8)9 (6.8)12 (3.9)0.190
Others31 (7.1)9 (6.8)22 (7.2)0.896