Table 1:

Medical parameters concerning WH and/or WD of life support therapy

No.	Medical reason	Decisive (%)
1	Advanced patient age	16.3
2	Intraoperative course	15.1
3	Postoperative course	36
4	Co-morbiditiy	8.1
5	Length of ICU stay	2.3
6	Multi-organ failure	70.9
7	Renal failure	2.3
8	Liver failure	31.4
9	Respiratory failure	15.1
10	Necrotic bowel disease	43
11	CCT with poor prognosis	91.9
12	Vasopressive drugs	29.1
13	Cardiac index	23.3
14	Sustained decreased SvO2	7
15	Failure of assist device therapy	69.8
16	Lactic acidosis	36