Table 1

Patient data: basic patient characteristics, scores, hemodynamic-related parameters, and laboratory parameters

Patient 1
 Patient 2
 Patient 3
 Patient 4
 Patient 5
Sex
 Male
 Male
 Female
 Male
 Male
Age (years)
 66
 74
 84
 61
 47
Sepsis source
 Pneumonia
 Pneumonia/urosepsis
 Peritonitis
 Peritonitis
 Peritonitis
Survivor
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Yes
 Yes
N-acetylcysteine
 Pre
 Post
 Pre
 Post
 Pre
 Post
 Pre
 Post
 Pre
 Post
     APACHE II (points)
 27
 24
 26
 23
 24
 22
 26
 21
 22
 20
     MOD score (points)
 9
 11
 11
 9
 11
 11
 9
 9
 7
 5
     HR (beats/min)
 121
 122
 100
 102
 116
 118
 119
 100
 62
 76
     MAP (mmHg)
 98
 90
 86
 83
 88
 74
 71
 83
 80
 74
     CI (l/min/m2)
 3.4
 3.8
 3.7
 4.3
 3.0
 3.8
 4.2
 4.5
 7.0
 6.1
     NE (μg/kg/min)
 0.09
 0.14
 0.47
 0.47
 0.64
 1.27
 0.48
 0.48
 0.05
 0.00
     PaO2/FiO2 (Torr)
 307
 217
 260
 151
 314
 266
 172
 179
 218
 236
     Lactate (mmol/l)
 1.0
 1.7
 1.6
 1.6
 3.5
 2.5
 1.9
 1.2
 1.3
 0.9
     ALAT (U/l)
 16
 38
 17
 39
 15
 14
 5
 5
 16
 8
     ASAT (U/l)
 19
 48
 20
 49
 22
 18
 6
 8
 12
 9
     Bilirubin (μmol/l)
 40
 44
 15
 13
 58
 83
 20
 17
 54
 38

ALAT, alanine aminotransferase; APACHE II, Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; ASAT, aspartate aminotransferase; CI, cardiac index; HR, heart rate; MAP, mean arterial pressure; MOD, Multiple Organ Dysfunction; NE, norepinephrine; PaO2/FiO2, partial arterial oxygen tension/inspirator oxygen fraction.

Hein et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R66