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Patient baseline characteristics |
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| Variable |
RBC group |
Albumin group |
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| Gender M/F |
10/0 |
5/0 |
| APACHE II* |
25.5 ± 7.67 |
24.3 ± 6.0 |
| Diagnosis % |
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| Clinical |
50 |
40 |
| Surgical |
50 |
60 |
| Source of infection % |
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| Intra-abdominal |
50 |
40 |
| Lung |
30 |
40 |
| Heart |
10 |
0 |
| Unknown origin |
10 |
20 |
| ICU mortality |
70 |
60 |
|
*Mean ± SD | ||
Fernandes et al. Critical Care 2001 5:362 doi:10.1186/cc1070 |
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