Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with major traumatic injury.
| Patient characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of patients | 44 | |
| age | 55 (32–72)* | |
| gender (male/female) | 33/11 | |
| Injury | ||
| ISS | 27 (20–34)* | |
| Disease severity | ||
| 28-day survivors | 43 | |
| Length of ICU stay | 9 (5–16)* | |
| scores obtained 24 h following hospital admission | APACHE II | 17 (12–23)* |
| SAPS II | 41 (28–47)* | |
| SOFA | 7 (5–10)* | |
*Median (interquartile range).
ISS – Injury Severity Score; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; APACHE II - Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II; SAPS II - Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA - Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.