Table 1.

Demographical and clinical characteristics of studied patients

Patient	Gender	Age	SAPS II (at ICU admission)	SOFA (day of study)	Reason of admission in ICU	Days of MV	Disconnection outcome	ICU length of stay (days)	ICU outcome
1	F	71	40	2	Polytrauma	11	Failure	17	Survivor
2	M	66	41	3	Thoracic trauma	14	Success	18	Survivor
3	F	73	59	4	Acute coronary syndrome	14	Success	20	Survivor
4	M	72	55	3	Post-anoxic coma	25	Failure	55	Non-survivor
5	M	58	29	5	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	11	Success	15	Survivor
6	F	49	27	4	Postoperative respiratory failure (neurosurgery)	25	Failure	45	Non-survivor
7	F	74	44	2	Cardiac failure	15	Failure	25	Non-survivor
8	M	41	30	2	Community-acquired pneumonia	21	Failure	30	Survivor
9	M	71	43	4	COPD exacerbation	16	Failure	28	Survivor
10	M	38	24	5	Polytrauma	12	Failure	28	Survivor
11	M	52	72	2	Septic shock (urinary tract infection)	10	Failure	20	Survivor
12	M	80	56	7	COPD exacerbation	21	Failure	28	Survivor
13	M	57	26	5	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	15	Success	20	Survivor
14	M	48	25	3	Polytrauma	13	Success	18	Survivor