Table 1.

Demographic data (mean ± SEM,n = 42, except when marked otherwise)

Age (years)	61 ± 2.4
Body weight (kg)	84.4 ± 3.2
Body Mass Index kg/m2	29.2 ± 1.2
Length of ICU-Stay (days)	15 ± 2.9
history of HIT	6.0 ± 1.2, n = 23
no history of HIT	25.8 ± 5.0, n = 19
SAPS <30	11 ± 3.0, n = 16
SAPS >30	18 ± 4.2, n = 26
SAPS score on ICU admission	34 ± 2.2
Sepsis	14 (33%)
Renal replacement therapy	17 (40.5%)
Respiratory failure	31 (73.8%)
Veno-arterial ECMO	1 (2.4%)
Death*	6 (14.2%)

*Death was unrelated to bleeding, thromboembolic complication or argatroban.