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Table 2 Course in the intensive care and high dependency units

From: Temporal patterns of organ dysfunction after severe trauma

Factor

All patients

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

N

660

300

135

87

40

98

APACHE II, points

15 (10–21)

12 (9–15)

14 (10–19)

16 (11–21)

23 (18–30)

24 (21–29)

Admission SOFA, points

6.0 (4.0–10)

4.0 (3.0–6.0)

7.0 (5.0–9.0)

8.0 (6.0–10)

12 (9.0–15)

11 (9.0–12)

Infection

284 (43%)

29 (9.7%)

79 (58%)

79 (91%)

34 (85%)

63 (64%)

Sepsis

139 (21%)

4 (1.3%)

25 (18%)

49 (56%)

29 (72%)

32 (33%)

Days with CNS SOFA ≥ 3

0.0 (0.0–3.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–2.0)

0.0 (0.0–4.0)

4.0 (1.0–9.0)

10 (4.0–17)

Days with renal SOFA ≥ 3

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

3.0 (1.0–14)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

Days with cardiovascular SOFA ≥ 3

2.0 (0.0–5.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

3.0 (0.0–5.0)

6.0 (3.0–8.0)

13 (6.5–16)

8.5 (3.0–13)

Days with liver SOFA ≥ 3

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

1.0 (0.0–7.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

Days with coagulation SOFA ≥ 3

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–2.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

Days with respiratory SOFA ≥ 3

0.0 (0.0–3.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

5.0 (2.0–8.0)

7.0 (3.5–12)

3.0 (1.0–8.0)

Proportion of days CNS SOFA ≥ 3

22%

7.3%

15%

14%

44%

78%

Proportion of days with renal SOFA ≥ 3

3.2%

0.3%

1.1%

3.4%

36%

1.5%

Proportion of days with cardiovascular SOFA ≥ 3

31%

15%

34%

36%

66%

60%

Proportion of days with liver SOFA ≥ 3

1.5%

0.0%

0.4%

1.4%

18%

1.1%

Proportion of days with coagulation SOFA ≥ 3

1.1%

0.5%

0.7%

0.4%

11%

0.0%

Proportion of days with respiratory SOFA ≥ 3

18%

4.4%

17%

32%

45%

35%

Days on vasopressor therapy

2.0 (0.0–5.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

3.0 (0.0–5.0)

6.0 (4.0–8.0)

13 (6.5–16)

8.5 (3.0–13)

Days on mechanical ventilation

3.0 (1.0–8.0)

1.0 (0.0–2.0)

5.0 (3.0–6.0)

11.0 (8.0–14)

16.5 (10–22)

16 (5.0–23)

Days on CRRT

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

4.0 (0.0–18)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

  1. Data on the course in the intensive care unit (ICU) and if applicable high dependency unit (HDU) for the five groups. Continuous parameters presented as median (IQR), and categorical parameters presented as n (%)
  2. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; CNS, central nervous system; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy