Table 2

Relationship between clinical indication for the use of ATIII and outcome of hospitalization

Outcome of hospitalization

Clinical indication

n

Alive

Dead

Still in hospital at the end of the study

Sepsis

56

31 (55.4%)

19 (33.9%)

6 (10.7%)

DIC

50

30 (60%)

16 (32%)

4 (8%)

Any other clinical condition

101

75 (74.3%)

16 (15.8%)

10 (9.9%)

Not reported

9

5 (55.6%)

2 (22.2%)

2 (22.2%)

Total

216

141 (65.3%)

53 (24.5%)

22 (10.2%)

Percentages, which should be read horizontally, indicate which of the three outcomes was found in the various patient subgroups. DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Messori et al. Critical Care 2002 6:447   doi:10.1186/cc1540