Table 1 Demographics of the study population, scoring for severity of illness and clinical outcome

N

42

8

8

9

17

Median age (years)

36

31.5

44.2

37.0

34.5

NS

Gender (n)

   Male

33

6

6

8

13

   Female

9

2

2

1

4

Body mass index

24.7

24.6

23.8

23.1

24.9

NS

Injury Severity Score (median)

31

27

34

26

36

NS

APACHE II score (median)

10.2

10

8.5

7

8

NS

SAPS II (median)

23.7

16.5

24.5

17

24

NS

Length of stay (days)

   ICU

12.7

10

10

8

14

>0.001

   Hospital

27.7

24.5

27.5

22

27

NS

   Rotorest^®a

5.0

5.5

5.0

4.0

6

NS

Mortality (n)

   ICU

1

1

0

0

0

NS

   Hospital

1

1

0

0

0

NS

paO₂/FiO₂

480

500

463

403

<0.05