Table 1. Patients characteristics.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Age, years | 63 (52–74) |
| Gender, male | 330/531 (62.1) |
| SAPS III score | 47 (35–60) |
| Need of norepinephrine | 276/531 (52.0) |
| Need of mechanical ventilation | 260/531 (49.0) |
| Days on mechanical ventilation | 1 (0–2) |
| Length of ICU stay,days | 3 (2–8) |
| Mortality at ICU | 131/531 (24.7) |
| Type of admission | |
| Clinical | 281/531 (52.9) |
| Surgical | 250/531 (47.1) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Systemic hypertension | 249/531 (46.9) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 146 /531 (27.4) |
| Immunossupression | 136/531 (25.6) |
| Liver cirrhosis | 92/531 (17.3) |
| Heart failure | 89/531 (16.8) |
| Chronic renal failure on RRT | 56/531 (10.5) |
| Smoking | 51/531 (9.6) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 48/531 (9.0) |
| Chronic renal failure | 46/531 (8.7) |
| Myocardial infarction | 38/531 (7.2) |
| Stroke | 33/531 (6.2) |
| Alcoholism | 27/531 (5.1) |
| Nonoperative admission diagnoses* | |
| Sepsis | 124/281 (44.1) |
| Gastrointestinal | 49/281 (17.4) |
| Cardiovascular | 35/281 (12.5) |
| Respiratory | 21/281 (7.5) |
| Neurological | 17/281 (6.0) |
| Hematologic | 17/281 (6.0) |
| Trauma | 13/281 (4.6) |
| Renal | 3/281 (1.1) |
| Metabolic | 2/281 (0.7) |
| Operative admission diagnoses* | |
| Abdominal | 91/250 (36.4) |
| Cardiovascular | 86/250 (34.4) |
| Orthopedic | 20/250 (8.0) |
| Urologic | 18/250 (7.2) |
| Neurological | 15/250 (6.0) |
| Obstetric Thoracic |
11/250 (4.4) 7/250 (2.8%) |
| Trauma | 2/250 (0.8) |
Data presented as No./total No. (%) or median (IQR). SAPS: Simplified acute physiologic score, ICU: Intensive care unit, RRT: Renal replacement therapy.
* Admission diagnoses accordingly SAPS III score.