Table 2

Patients with acute respiratory failure diagnosed during intensive care unit stay

Mortality (n [%])

Group

n

Age (years [mean])

SAPS II (mean)

ICU

Hospital

90-day

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

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