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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of 82 study patients at admission to ICU

From: Outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units for acute manifestation of small-vessel vasculitis: a multicenter, retrospective study

Characteristics

Data

Age, yr

67.0 (63.0–74.5)

Female sex

36 (44)

Medical history

 

 Malignant disease

5 (6)

 Chronic renal failure

7 (8)

 Heart failure

11 (13)

 Chronic respiratory failure

7 (8)

 Neurological failure

1 (1)

 Diabetes

5 (6)

 Malnutrition

2 (2)

 None

52 (63)

Performance statusa

 

 0: Normal activity

37 (45)

 1: Symptomatic but completely ambulatory

41 (50)

 2: Less than 50 % of daytime in bed

4 (5)

 3: More than 50 % of daytime in bed

0 (0)

 4: Totally confined to bed or chair

0 (0)

Small-vessel vasculitis diseases

 

 Granulomatosis with polyangiitis

44 (54)

 Microscopic polyangiitis

20 (24)

 Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

5 (6)

 Anti–glomerular basement membrane antibody disease

13 (16)

Disease status

 

 Newly or recently diagnosed

77 (94)

 Relapsing disease

5 (6)

 Patient receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapyb

4 (5)

Cause of admission

 

 Respiratory failure

28 (34)

 Acute renal failure

24 (29)

 Pulmonary-renal failure

27 (33)

 Septic shock

1 (1)

 Othersc

3 (4)

Disease and severity assessment scores at admission

 

 Simplified Acute Physiology Score II

37.5 (28.0–46.5)

 Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score

5.0 (4.0–8.0)

 Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score

16.0 (12.0–20.0)

 Revised Five-Factor Score

2.0 (1.0–2.0)

  1. Data are presented as number (%) or median (interquartile range)
  2. aMissing data: 3
  3. bMissing data: 1
  4. cTwo patients with encephalitis and one with myocarditis