Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient	Age (years)	Sex (male/female)	Weight (kg)	APACHE II	SOFA	Creat. start CVVH	Diuresis (ml/h)	Days CVVH	Diagnosis
1	59	M	90	18	12	284	29	9	Cardiac shock with ARDS
2	42	M	100	22	16	287	6	3	Necrotizing fasciitis and ischemic large bowel
3	44	M	85	8	13	124	2,5	6	Abdominal sepsis
4	68	F	56	36	15	367	25	3	Decompensated liver cirrhosis
5	36	F	75	23	8	318	5	3	Fluxus postpartum
6	77	M	75	23	9	131	17	6	Cardiac shock after acute myocardial infarct
7	83	M	75	37	14	180	5	6	Out of hospital cardiac arrest
8	68	M	90	29	14	244	12	10	Septic shock caused by necrotic pancreatitis
9	51	F	70	23	17	422	0	6	Medication induced liver failure
10	72	M	84	27	12	265	31	5	Complicated cardiac surgery
11	56	M	99	25	11	260	25	8	Postoperative after thymectomy
12	66	F	70	20	7	143	67	2	Cardiac and mesenteric ischemia
13	61	M	80	26	13	327	13	4	Intra-abdominal arterial bleeding
14	55	F	74	31	15	243	3	9	Abdominal sepsis caused by fecal peritonitis
15	74	F	65	18	13	84	25	3	Abdominal sepsis caused by ischemia from the small bowel
16	72	M	73	25	11	614	0	3	Respiratory failure caused by fluid overload
17	61	F	58	22	13	162	26	9	Cardiac shock after massive acute myocardial infarct
18	54	M	95	15	12	157	59	6	Respiratory failure caused by pneumonia
19	72	M	80	22	14	136	108	6	Cardiac shock caused by mitral valve insufficiency due to acute myocardial infarct

APACHE II, APACHE II score on the day of admission to ICU; SOFA, SOFA score on day of admission to ICU; Diuresis, urine production (ml/h) in the last 24 h before starting CVVH; Days CVVH, number of days on CVVH at time first blood sample was drawn