Table Status on admission:

Haemodynamic status

Mean arterial pressure:

<52 mmHg

Wedge pressure

between 16 and 18 mmHg

Cardiac index

1.95 l/min/m²

Inotropic support

Maximal dosages of dopamine and dobutamine

{norepinephrine (mean)

1.1 μg/kg/min

{epinephrine (mean)

0.61 μg/kg/min

Metabolic

Arterial pH (mean)

7.03

Serum lactate (mean)

12.3 mmol/l.

Expected mortality

APACHE II: 34.1 (mean)

84%

SAPS II: 71.5 (mean)

81.5%