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Table 1 The demographic details of the patients categorized by surgical ICU admission diagnostic category

From: Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients treated in surgical intensive care: a comparison between sepsis and trauma

Admission diagnostic category

Number of patients

Age (years)

Male sex (n [%])

APACHE II score

Days in the surgical ICU

Days in the general ward

Sepsis

66

64.4 ± 13.5*

32 (49)**

15.5 ± 6.4

11.8 ± 16.1

17.3 ± 23.5***

Trauma

98

53.2 ± 21.5

70 (71)

14.3 ± 6.6

11.9 ± 12.5

35.0 ± 44.2

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated. *P < 0.001, **P = 0.006 and ***P = 0.001, versus trauma. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit.