Table 1 |
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Epidemiological characteristics of the patients |
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| Characteristic |
Value |
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| Patient episodes (n) |
1,029 |
| Age (years; mean ± SD) |
57 ± 20.8 |
| Sex (male; n [%]) |
626 (62%) |
| Admission type (n [%]) |
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| Scheduled surgery |
211 (20%) |
| Emergency admissions |
808 (78.5%) |
| SOFA (mean ± SD) |
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| 1st day: all |
5.45 ± 3.8 |
| 1st day: survivorsa |
5.3 ± 3.4 |
| 1st day: nonsurvivorsb |
8.9 ± 3.7 |
| ICU length of stay (median [IQR]) |
2 (1 to 7) |
| ICU mortality (n [%])c |
162 (17.6%) |
| Readmissions (n [%]) |
72 (7.5%) |
| Readmission mortality (n [%]) |
16 (23%) |
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aMean ± SD SOFA-max 6.5 ± 3.7. bMean SOFA-max 11.3 ± 3.9. cUnadjusted for case mix, excluding readmissions. ICU outcome data available for 922 first time admissions and 69 readmissions. ICU, intensive care unit; SD, standard deviation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |
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The Irish Critical Care Trials Group Critical Care 2008 12:R121 doi:10.1186/cc7018 |
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