Table 1.

Demographic data of patients with sepsis.

				Patients
				(n = 16)
Age				71.0 ± 9.4
Male/Female				9/7
Diagnosis
	Colonic perforation			14	88%
	SMAO			2	13%
APACH II score				11.7 ± 3.4
Duration of SIRS (days)				3.4 ± 2.4
Length of stay in hospital (days)				27.4 ± 23.8
Duration of SIRS (days)				1.8 ± 2.6
30-day mortality				3	19%

SMAO: superior mesenteric artery occlusion, APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome.