Table 3.
Characteristics of study patients during intensive care unit stay
| Characteristic | n (percentage)a |
| SAPS II | 37.6 ± 16 points |
| TISS-28 | 49.8 ± 10 points |
| MODS score | 2.8 ± 3.9 points |
| Organ failures | |
| Lung failure | 1,225 (33.1) |
| Liver failure | 772 (20.9) |
| Cardiovascular failure | 771 (20.8) |
| Coagulation failure | 492 (13.3) |
| Renal failure | 486 (13.1) |
| Central nervous system failure | 144 (3.9) |
| Gastrointestinal failure | 95 (2.6) |
| Need for re-operation | 217 (5.9) |
| Massive transfusion | 635 (17.2) |
| New-onset arrhythmias | 877 (23.7) |
| ARDS | 669 (18.1) |
| Partial respiratory insufficiency | 2,045 (55.3) |
| Global respiratory insufficiency | 124 (3.4) |
| SIRS | 690 (18.7) |
| Infection | 367 (9.9) |
| Sepsis | 268 (7.2) |
| Septic shock | 276 (7.5) |
| Acute delirium | 754 (20.4) |
| Critical illness polyneuropathy | 233 (6.3) |
| Continuous veno-venous haemofiltration | 494 (13.4) |
| Extracoporeal membrane oxygenation | 31 (0.8) |
a Except where other units are given. Data are given as mean values ± standard deviation except where indicated otherwise. ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; TISS, Therapeutic Intervention Severity Score.