Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Median (IQR) age in years	60 (43–67)
Male sex	30 (68.2%)
Alcohol and/or drug misuse	14 (31.8%)
Median (IQR) APACHE-II score	17.5 (13–26)
Urgent admission	41 (93.2%)
Admission category:
Surgery	21 (47.8%)
Medical	18 (40.9%)
Trauma	4 (9.1%)
Neurosurgery	1 (2.3%)
Mechanical ventilation	37 (84.1%)
Median (IQR) ICU length of stay in days	2 (1–4)
ICU mortality	9 (20.5%)

Note: Values are number (percentage) of patients unless otherwise specified. IQR, interquartile range.