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Characteristics of study patients during intensive care unit stay |
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| Characteristic |
n (percentage)a |
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| SAPS II |
37.6 ± 16 points |
| TISS-28 |
49.8 ± 10 points |
| MODS score |
2.8 ± 3.9 points |
| Organ failures |
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| Lung failure |
1,225 (33.1) |
| Liver failure |
772 (20.9) |
| Cardiovascular failure |
771 (20.8) |
| Coagulation failure |
492 (13.3) |
| Renal failure |
486 (13.1) |
| Central nervous system failure |
144 (3.9) |
| Gastrointestinal failure |
95 (2.6) |
| Need for re-operation |
217 (5.9) |
| Massive transfusion |
635 (17.2) |
| New-onset arrhythmias |
877 (23.7) |
| ARDS |
669 (18.1) |
| Partial respiratory insufficiency |
2,045 (55.3) |
| Global respiratory insufficiency |
124 (3.4) |
| SIRS |
690 (18.7) |
| Infection |
367 (9.9) |
| Sepsis |
268 (7.2) |
| Septic shock |
276 (7.5) |
| Acute delirium |
754 (20.4) |
| Critical illness polyneuropathy |
233 (6.3) |
| Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration |
494 (13.4) |
| Extracoporeal membrane oxygenation |
31 (0.8) |
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a Except where other units are given. Data are given as mean values ± standard deviation except where indicated otherwise. ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; TISS, Therapeutic Intervention Severity Score. | |
Mayr et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R154 doi:10.1186/cc5086 |
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