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