Table 2 |
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Characteristics of organ failure, sepsis, lung injury and acute kidney injury |
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| Number (% of total study population) |
Mortality (% within subgroup) |
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| Organ failures on admission |
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| 0a |
111 (10.8) |
1 (1) |
| 1 |
273 (26.6) |
24 (8.8) |
| 2 |
258 (25.1) |
32 (12.4) |
| 3 |
167 (16.3) |
36 (21.6) |
| 4 |
123 (12) |
38 (30) |
| 5 |
58 (5.6) |
25 (43) |
| 6 |
35 (3.4) |
21 (60) |
| Severe sepsis |
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| On admission |
235 (22.8) |
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| Day 1 |
51 (4.9) |
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| Day 2 onwards |
80 (7.8) |
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| Mortality sepsis group |
90 (24.6) |
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| Mechanical ventilation |
728 (70.7) |
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| ALI/ARDS |
196 (19) |
63 (32.3) |
| AKI |
289 (28) |
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| In sepsis |
186 (51) |
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| In ALI/ARDS |
84 (43) |
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| RIFLE 'Failure' category |
132 (13) |
50 (38) |
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aMajor elective surgery comprised 20% of ICU admissions. AKI, acute kidney injury; ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, End-stage kidney disease. |
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The Irish Critical Care Trials Group Critical Care 2008 12:R121 doi:10.1186/cc7018 |
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