Table 4

Demographic data in patients with and without liver dysfunction


With liver dysfunction
Without liver dysfunction
Total
p

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
     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
     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

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