Relationship between Nonhepatic Serum Ammonia Levels and Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

The effect of serum ammonia on the prognosis of patients with SAE.

	≥45 μmol/L serum ammonia level	<45 μmol/L serum ammonia level
	n = 216	n = 249
Mechanical ventilation (n (%))	121 (56.8)	129 (51.8)	0.364
Renal replacement therapy (n (%))	20 (9.2)	21 (8.4)	0.754
Score system
SAPS II	40 (32–48)	37 (29–46)	0.095
SOFA	7 (5–10)	4 (6–9)	0.022
GCS	11 (7–13)	10 (6.5–13)	0.551
Length of hospital stays, days	4.2 (2.0–11.6)	4.8 (1.9–12.4)	0.696
Hospital mortality (n (%))	45 (20.8)	51 (20.5)	0.926

GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.