Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Number of patients | 203 |
| Hospital type (n) | |
| Academic | 89 |
| Community | 114 |
| Age (years) | 62 ± 18 |
| Gender (male/female) | 134/69 |
| SAPS II (points) | 53 ± 18 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27 ± 8 |
| Primary diagnosis, n (%) | |
| Respiratory | 65 (32) |
| Cardiovascular | 11 (5) |
| Neurologic | 54 (27) |
| Renal | 4 (2) |
| Post surgical | 7 (3) |
| Septic shock | 28 (14) |
| Traumatologic | 10 (5) |
| Burns | 1 (0.5) |
| Other | 23 (11) |
| Mechanical ventilation (days) | 12 ± 9 |
| Length of ICU stay (days) | 15 ± 13 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 28 ± 19 |
| ICU mortality, n (%) | 50 (25) |
| In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 65 (32) |
Continuous variables are reported as mean ± standard deviation and categorical variables as number of patients (percent)
ICU: intensive care unit; SAPS II, simplified acute physiologic score II.