Causes of death and determinants of outcome in critically ill patients

Table 3 Characteristics of study patients during intensive care unit stay

Characteristic	n (percentage)^a
SAPS II	37.6 ± 16 points
TISS-28	49.8 ± 10 points
MODS score	2.8 ± 3.9 points
Organ failures
Lung failure	1,225 (33.1)
Liver failure	772 (20.9)
Cardiovascular failure	771 (20.8)
Coagulation failure	492 (13.3)
Renal failure	486 (13.1)
Central nervous system failure	144 (3.9)
Gastrointestinal failure	95 (2.6)
Need for re-operation	217 (5.9)
Massive transfusion	635 (17.2)
New-onset arrhythmias	877 (23.7)
ARDS	669 (18.1)
Partial respiratory insufficiency	2,045 (55.3)
Global respiratory insufficiency	124 (3.4)
SIRS	690 (18.7)
Infection	367 (9.9)
Sepsis	268 (7.2)
Septic shock	276 (7.5)
Acute delirium	754 (20.4)
Critical illness polyneuropathy	233 (6.3)
Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration	494 (13.4)
Extracoporeal membrane oxygenation	31 (0.8)

^a Except where other units are given. Data are given as mean values ± standard deviation except where indicated otherwise. ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; TISS, Therapeutic Intervention Severity Score.

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