Table 1.

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients included in the study

	All
Males	131 (63)
Age (years)	54 [34 - 64]
Chronic kidney dialysis	10 (5)
Neoplasia*	11 (5)
Arterial hypertension	73 (35)
Need for assistance†	31 (17)
Bedridden†	10 (5.5)
Glasgow Coma Scale‡	15 [12 - 15]
Diagnosis
Cardiovascular diseases§	3 (1,5)
Neurological diseases§	62 (31)
Infectious diseases§	48 (24)
Pulmonary diseases§	10 (5)
Kidney diseases§	4 (2)
Other diseases§	74 (37)
Vasoactive drugs in ICU admission
Noradrenaline	39 (19)
Dopamine||	7 (3)
Dobutamine||	6 (3)
Orotracheal intubation in ER	117 (56)
Orotracheal intubation in ICU	3 (1)
Length of stay
Length of stay in hospital (hours)	17 [9 - 33]
Group 1	65 (31)
Group 2	71 (34)
Group 3	73 (35)
Length of stay in ICU (days)	3.2 [0.5 - 8]
Length of stay in hospital above median (3.2 days)	105 (50.2)
Total length of stay in hospital (days)	13 [6 - 24]
Mortality rate	72 (34)

ICU - intensive care unit; ER - emergency room. Missing data:

^*1 patient; missing data:

^†27 patients; excluded (sedation)

^‡103 patients; missing data:

^§8 patients; missing data:

^¶4 patients; missing data:

^||2 patients.

Results expressed as n (%) or median and interquartile (range 25% - 75%).