Table 1.
Patient's characteristics
| Patient | Age (years) | BMI (kg/m2) | Sex | SAPS II score | SOFA | PEEP (cmH2O) | PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg) | MAP (mmHg) | Hourly urine output (ml/hour) | Ramsay score | Diagnosis | Outcome |
| 1 | 72 | 30.9 | M | 35 | 4 | 10 | 218 | 100 | 80 | 7 | Sepsis | D |
| 2 | 83 | 26.3 | M | 48 | 8 | 10 | 285 | 67 | 100 | 5 | Sepsis | S |
| 3 | 70 | 26.2 | M | 40 | 8 | 2 | 228 | 107 | 60 | 4 | Sepsis | S |
| 4 | 72 | 26.0 | M | 32 | 8 | 6 | 208 | 100 | 60 | 5 | Sepsis | S |
| 5 | 65 | 34.6 | F | 47 | 5 | 10 | 173 | 100 | 100 | 5 | Sepsis | S |
| 6 | 55 | 20.2 | F | 36 | 7 | 13 | 230 | 68 | 100 | 6 | Sepsis | S |
| 7 | 43 | 24.9 | M | 26 | 15 | 13 | 211 | 84 | 140 | 5 | Sepsis | S |
| 8 | 87 | 27.8 | M | 41 | 3 | 17 | 280 | 100 | 80 | 7 | Sepsis | S |
| 9 | 72 | 26.3 | M | 35 | 5 | 15 | 240 | 100 | 100 | 7 | ALI post surgery | S |
| 10 | 77 | 16.4 | M | 43 | 12 | 15 | 170 | 100 | 80 | 7 | ARDS | D |
| 11 | 56 | 19.6 | M | 27 | 2 | 8 | 288 | 100 | 200 | 6 | Sepsis | D |
| 12 | 79 | 24.8 | M | 53 | 13 | 5 | 133 | 87 | 50 | 7 | Sepsis | D |
| 13 | 74 | 27.8 | M | 46 | 9 | 5 | 195 | 80 | 110 | 7 | Sepsis | S |
| Total or mean ± SD | 68 ± 13 | 25.5 ± 4.6 | 11 M/2 F | 7.7 ± 3.8 | 9.5 ± 4.6 | 9.5 ± 4.6 | 225 ± 48 | 92 ± 13 | 96 ± 39 | 6 ± 1 | 4 D/9 S |
The Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II was used to assess the severity of systemic illness at study entry. The Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) was used to assess the organ failure at the day of the study. ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; BMI, body mass index; D, dead; F, female; M, male; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; S, survived; SD, standard deviation.