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Characteristics of 159 patients for whom complete information was available |
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| Male/female |
90:69 |
| Age in years (standard deviation) |
65 (14) |
| APACHE II score (range) |
27 (11–53) |
| Predicted mortality (range) |
67% (11%–99%) |
| Intensive care unit mortality |
60% |
| Hospital mortality |
65% |
| Intensive care unit length of stay in days (range) |
5.2 (0.1–65) |
| Percentage given steroids |
55% |
| Source of sepsis, number (percentage) |
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| Pulmonary |
51 (32%) |
| Gastrointestinal |
63 (40%) |
| Renal |
5 (3%) |
| Unspecified |
40 (25%) |
| Medical/surgical patients |
86:73 |
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Data are given as numbers, mean (standard deviation), or median (range). APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II. | |
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