Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients
Characteristic | Â |
|---|---|
Total number of patients | 92 |
Age in years | Â |
   Median | 49.5 |
   Interquartile range | 31–67 |
   Absolute range | 18–85 |
Female gender, number (percentage) | 29 (31.5) |
Simplified Acute Physiology Score II | Â |
   Median | 42 |
   Interquartile range | 38–49 |
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score | Â |
   Median | 7 |
   Interquartile range | 6–9 |
Number of patients artificially ventilated on admission (percentage) | 88 (95.7) |
Reason for admission, number (percentage) | Â |
   Medical | 41 (44.6) |
Pneumonia | 9 (9.8) |
Pulmonary oedema | 7 (7.6) |
Metabolic encephalopathy | 6 (6.5) |
Post-anoxic encephalopathy | 5 (5.4) |
Intracranial haemorrhage | 5 (5.4) |
COPD exacerbation | 2 (2.2) |
Congestive heart failure | 2 (2.2) |
Other | 5 (5.4) |
   Emergency surgery | 15 (16.3) |
Neurosurgery | 9 (9.8) |
Abdominal surgery | 3 (3.3) |
Other surgery | 3 (3.3) |
   Trauma | 36 (39.1) |
Intensive care unit stay in days | Â |
   Median | 13 |
   Mode (bimodal) | 2 (11) |
   Interquartile range | 8–22 |
   Absolute range | 1–90 |