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Table 2 Patients with acute respiratory failure diagnosed during intensive care unit stay

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

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

  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.
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