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Table 2 Characteristics of organ failure, sepsis, lung injury and acute kidney injury

From: Intensive care for the adult population in Ireland: a multicentre study of intensive care population demographics

 

Number (% of total study population)

Mortality (% within subgroup)

Organ failures on admission

  

   0a

111 (10.8)

1 (1)

   1

273 (26.6)

24 (8.8)

   2

258 (25.1)

32 (12.4)

   3

167 (16.3)

36 (21.6)

   4

123 (12)

38 (30)

   5

58 (5.6)

25 (43)

   6

35 (3.4)

21 (60)

Severe sepsis

  

   On admission

235 (22.8)

 

   Day 1

51 (4.9)

 

   Day 2 onwards

80 (7.8)

 

   Mortality sepsis group

 

90 (24.6)

Mechanical ventilation

728 (70.7)

 

   ALI/ARDS

196 (19)

63 (32.3)

AKI

289 (28)

 

   In sepsis

186 (51)

 

   In ALI/ARDS

84 (43)

 

   RIFLE 'Failure' category

132 (13)

50 (38)

  1. aMajor elective surgery comprised 20% of ICU admissions. AKI, acute kidney injury; ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, End-stage kidney disease.
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