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Patients with acute respiratory failure diagnosed during intensive care unit stay |
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| Group |
n |
Age (years [mean]) |
SAPS II (mean) |
ICU |
Hospital |
90-day |
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| A |
392 |
58.6 |
46.9 |
22.6 |
34.2 |
46.7 |
| D |
137 |
55.2 |
43.0 |
19.0 |
29.2 |
41.6 |
| A1 |
137 |
59.6 |
35.7 |
4.4 |
18.2 |
23.4 |
| A2 |
255 |
58.2 |
53.9 |
33.1 |
42.5 |
59.1 |
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Group A had acute respiratory failure (ARF) at admission; group D developed ARF during the intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Group A is further subdivided into patients with single organ ARF at admission (A1) and ARF with other organ failure at admission (A2). SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score version 2. | ||||||
Flaatten et al. Critical Care 2003 7:R72 doi:10.1186/cc2331 |
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