Table 1 Baseline characteristics, clinical variables and variables of intensive care therapy
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Number of patients | 390 |
Age (years) | 65.3 ± 13.5 (67.0; 58.0–75.0) |
Sex (% male) | 71.5 |
Emergency admission (%) | 60.4 |
Readmission (%) | 12.3 |
Immediate postoperative admission (%) | 66.2 |
Surgical speciality (%) | |
Abdominal surgery | 48.8 |
Thoracic surgery | 17.7 |
Vascular surgery | 20.8 |
Orthopaedic surgery | 9.8 |
Combined surgery (%) | 1.5 |
Benign disease (%) | 66.3 |
Curative surgery for malignant disease (%) | 21.9 |
Palliative surgery for malignant disease (%) | 11.8 |
APACHE II score on admission day | 18.4 ± 6.9 (18.0; 13.0–23.3) |
Pneumonia (%) | 68.1 |
Peritonitis (%) | 30.8 |
Severe sepsis (%) | 61.1 |
Need for mechanical ventilation (%) | 99.0 |
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) | 44.8 ± 44.7 (31.0; 17.0–57.3) |
Need for catecholamine therapy (%) | 92.3 |
Duration of catecholamine therapy (days) | 28.3 ± 30.4 (18.0; 6.0–32.0) |
Need for renal replacement therapy (%) | 35.1 |
Duration of continuous renal replacement therapy (days) | 9.8 ± 23.9 (0.0; 0.0–7.8) |
Need for red cell transfusion (%) | 97.2 |
Number of transfused red blood cell units | 21.8 ± 26.0 (14.0; 6.0–28.0) |
Number of surgical revisions | 2.1 ± 3.0 (1.0; 0.0–3.0) |
Maximum APACHE II score during ICU stay | 29.4 ± 6.9 (30; 25.0–34.0) |
Maximum number of failing organs | 4.4 ± 1.4 (5; 3–6) |