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Demographic data in patients with and without liver dysfunction |
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| With liver dysfunction |
Without liver dysfunction |
Total |
p |
|
|
|
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| Number of patients |
166 (23%) |
559 (77%) |
725 |
|
| Women |
54 (33%) |
183 (33%) |
237 (33%) |
0.9 |
| Age in years |
63 (47–72) |
63 (44–73) |
63 (47–72) |
0.8 |
| APACHE II score |
18 (14–23) |
18 (12–22) |
18 (12–22) |
0.2 |
| MODS |
6 (4–8) |
5 (3–7) |
5 (3–7) |
0.001 |
| Primary diagnosis |
0.4 |
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| Gastrointestinal surgery |
52 |
126 |
178 |
|
| Respiratory failure |
26 |
107 |
133 |
|
| Stroke |
27 |
98 |
125 |
|
| Cardiovascular |
14 |
72 |
86 |
|
| Trauma |
16 |
67 |
83 |
|
| Infections in non-immunosuppressed patients |
12 |
28 |
40 |
|
| Infections in immunosuppressed patients |
3 |
8 |
11 |
|
| Metabolic diseases |
1 |
9 |
10 |
|
| Urology |
3 |
7 |
10 |
|
| Hematology |
1 |
8 |
9 |
|
| Poisoning |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
| Obstetrics/Gynecology |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
| AIDS |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Other |
5 |
18 |
23 |
|
| Type of patients |
0.03 |
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| Medical |
68 |
294 |
362 |
|
| Surgical |
69 |
195 |
264 |
|
| Trauma |
29 |
70 |
99 |
|
| Sepsis on admission |
68 (41%) |
140 25%) |
208 (29%) |
0.001 |
| Septic shock on admission |
33 (20%) |
72 (13%) |
105 (15%) |
0.02 |
| Patients on mechanical ventilation |
152 (92%) |
469 (84%) |
621 (86%) |
0.01 |
| Days of mechanical ventilation |
13 (6–24) |
7 (3–14) |
8 (3–16) |
0.001 |
| Intensive care unit length of stay in days |
16 (8–28) |
9 (5–17) |
10 (6–20) |
0.001 |
| Hospital length of stay in days |
28 (17–29) |
23 (14–28) |
25 (15–29) |
0.01 |
| Mortality at 28 days |
47 (28.3%) |
157 (28.1%) |
204 (28%) |
0.9 |
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Parenthetical values indicate range or percentage. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; MODS, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score. | ||||
Grau et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R10 doi:10.1186/cc5670 |
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