TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical details of enrolled patients^a

Patient no.	Age (yr)	Sex	Ht (cm)	Wt (kg)	Admission diagnosis	Ventilator duration (days)	ICU LOS (days)	APACHE III score	SOFA score
1	73	M	166	78	Postlaparotomy	28	38	98	12
2	57	M	180	127	Mulitorgan failure	11	19	94	14
3	49	M	187	182	Sepsis	8	9	124	14
4	52	M	166	111	Cardiac arrest	4	5	98	9
5	72	M	175	80	Sepsis	7	7	104	12
6	55	M	175	110	Respiratory failure	9	10	93	15
7	81	M	174	70	Repair of ruptured AAA	12	13	44	12
8	79	M	180	90	Subclavian-bifemoral graft	10	12	103	13
9	64	M	168	95	Ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision	8	13	135	11
10	87	M	166	79	Laparotomy	2	2	112	12
11	68	M	173	95	Sepsis	22	24	95	12
12	57	F	157	85	Respiratory failure	13	16	80	11
13	75	M	170	115	Laparotomy	9	20	96	7
14	62	M	185	80	Neutropenic sepsis	11	14	142	9
Median (interquartile range)	66.0 (57.0-74.5)	12 M, 1 F	173.5 (166.5-178.8)	92.5 (80.0-111.1)		9.5 (8.0-11.8)	13.0 (9.3-18.3)	98 (94-110)	12.0 (11.0-12.8)

^aGroup data are presented as medians (interquartile ranges). ICU LOS, intensive care unit length of stay; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; F, female; M, male.