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