Table 1 Details of patients studied
Total study group | No comorbidity | Comorbidity 1 disease | Comorbidity >1 disease | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 780) | Range | (n = 234) | Range | (n = 316) | Range | (n = 230) | Range | |
No of men/women (%) | 444/336 (56.9) | 131/103 (56.0) | 181/135 (57.3) | 132/98 (57.4) | ||||
Age (years) | 46.4 (15.8) | 52.5 (15.8) | 48.0 (17.3) | 18–74 | 52.9 (15.2) | 19–74 | 56.4 (14.0) | 19–74 |
APACHE II score | 14.8 (7.6) | 0-43 | 12.7 (7.1) | 0–34 | 15.2 (7.5) | 0–42 | 16.6 (7.9) | 0–43 |
Stay in ICU (hours) | 129.9 (178.6) | 24–1845 | 100.9 (112.2) | 24–665 | 135.3 (182.2) | 24–1,170 | 152.0 (220.5) | 24–1,845 |
Stay in hospital (days) | 14.8 (20.3) | 1–231 | 11.9 (14.4) | 1–115 | 15.4 (19.6) | 1–124 | 16.9 (25.4) | 1–231 |
Time on ventilator (hours) | 66.6 (158.6) | 0–1753 | 38.8 (96.9) | 0–625 | 69.0-152.0 | 0–1,054 | 91.6 (207.1) | 0–1,753 |
Disease (%) | ||||||||
Cancer | 86 (11.0) | |||||||
Diabetes | 102 (13.1) | |||||||
Cardiovascular | 131 (16.8) | |||||||
Gastrointestinal | 89 (11.4) | |||||||
Miscellaneous | 523 (67.1) | |||||||
No. of diseases (%) | ||||||||
0 | 234 (30) | |||||||
1 | 316 (40.5) | |||||||
>1 | 230 (29.5) |