Table 6

Endotoxin levels and intensive care unit outcomes

Endotoxin level

Characteristic

<50 pg/ml

≥ 50 pg/ml

APACHE II score ± SD

13.7 ± 7.8

15.8 ± 8.6

MOD score ± SD

5.6 ± 2.8

4.5 ± 3.3

ICU mortality (%)

26

30

ICU duration of stay (days) ± SD

3.5 ± 6.2

8.1 ± 18.8

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; MOD, multiple organ dysfunction; SD, standard deviation.

Marshall et al. Critical Care 2002 6:342   doi:10.1186/cc1522