Table 2.

Hospitalization data

Main diagnosis at ICU admission	n	%
Complicated cardiac surgery	145	23·77
Subarachnoid haemorrhage	102	16·72
Cardiogenic shock	101	16·29
Complicated neurosurgery	81	13·27
Exacerbated COPD	61	10·00
Polytrauma	53	8· 68
Adult respiratory distress syndrome	43	7·04
Haemorrhagic shock	10	1·63
Decompensated myasthenia gravis	7	1·14
Pancreatitis	5	0·82
Decompensated rheumatoid arthritis	2	0· 32

ICU, intensive care unit; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.