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Patient characteristics
| N | 179 |
| Age | 62 (51 to 72) |
| Male sex | 109 (61 %) |
| Reason of admission | |
| Abdominal surgery | 87 (49 %) |
| Vascular surgery | 24 (13 %) |
| Trauma | 17 (9.5 %) |
| Liver transplant | 14 (7.8 %) |
| Miscellaneous | 37 (21 %) |
| APACHE II | 14 (11 to 19) |
| History of diabetes | 26 (14.5 %) |
| Length of stay at the ICU (days) | 1.6 (0.8 to 4.7) |
| Mortality at the ICU | 19 (10.6 %) |
| Hospital mortality | 26 (14.5 %) |
Patient characteristics of all patients treated from January 1st to May 1st, 2005.
