Table 2

Primary reason for intensive care unit admission


Group A (ARF; n)
Group B (non-ARF; n)

Post-cardiac surgery organ failure
4
5
Major surgery
0
2
Acute respiratory failure
2
5
Severe sepsis
1
1
Post-cardiac arrest
1
3
Guillain–Barré syndrome
0
1

ARF, acute renal failure.

Elliot et al. Critical Care 2003 7:R35   doi:10.1186/cc2185