TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient no.	Sexa	Age (yr)b	Body weight (kg)c	Diagnosis	Clinical outcome
1	F	55	100	Myocardial infarction, aorto-coronary bypass	Died
2	M	52	82	Liver cirrhosis, sepsis	Survived
3	M	65	70	Aorto-coronary bypass	Survived
4	F	61	70	Kidney transplantation, sepsis	Died
5	F	57	70	Liver cirrhosis, sepsis	Died
6	M	58	68	Colitis, double lung transplantation, sepsis	Died
7	M	52	145	Liver cirrhosis, sepsis	Died
8	M	69	85	Aorto-coronary bypass, prosthetic aortic valve	Survived
9	M	53	90	Myocardial infarction, sepsis	Died

^aF, female; M, male. 

^bMean age ± standard deviation, 57.9 ± 5.7 years. 

^cMean body weight ± standard deviation, 86.7 ± 23.1 kg.