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Table 1 Severity of illness and outcome in the six study groups of acute respiratory failure with increasing number of additional organs in failure

From: Outcome after acute respiratory failure is more dependent on dysfunction in other vital organs than on the severity of the respiratory failure

    

Mortality (n [%])

Group

n

Age (years [mean])

SAPS II (mean)

ICU

Hospital

90-day

ARF + 0

156

57.8

33.0

5 (3.2)

23 (14.7)

34 (21.8)

ARF + 1

172

61.6

45.8

20 (11.6)

49 (28.5)

75 (43.6)

ARF + 2

137

53.2

54.5

48 (35.0)

57 (41.6)

78 (56.9)

ARF + 3

56

56.7

62.0

38 (67.6)

39 (69.6)

46 (82.1)

ARF + 4/5

8

58.4

70.4

6 (75.0)

6 (75.0)

7 (87.5)

ARF + any*

373

57.7

52.0

112 (30.0)

151 (40.5)

175 (46.9)

ARF all

529

57.7

46.4

117 (22.1)

174 (32.9)

201 (38.0)

  1. The two groups with four (n = 6) and five (n = 2) organs in failure are merged because of the small number of patients. *Any combination of acute respiratory failure (ARF) and other severe organ failure. SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score version 2.
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