Table 5 Effect of treatment variables on ESRD patient mortality

	Mortality (No)		Mortality (Yes)		p-value
	N	%	N	%	p-value
Levophed	12	54.5 %	10	45.5 %	0.022
Dopamine	3	33.3 %	6	66.7 %	0.004
Steroids use	12	52.2 %	11	47.8 %	0.008
Antibiotics Initiated in ED^a	55	71.4 %	22	28.6 %	0.320
Antibiotics Initiated in ICU^a	0	0 %	1	100 %	0.015
Antibiotics Initiated in GPU^a	10	90.9 %	1	9.1 %	0.140
SIRS^a
0 or 1	20	74.1 %	7	25.9 %	0.917
≥2	46	73.0 %	17	27.0 %	0.917
Bacteremia
No	33	64.7 %	18	35.3 %
Yes	33	84.6 %	6	15.4 %	0.034
ICU^a Admission	12	50.0 %	12	50.0 %	0.003
GPU^a Admission	54	81.8 %	12	18.2 %	0.003

^aED Emergency Department, ICU Intensive Care Unit, GPU General Practice unit, SIRS Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

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