Incidence and prognosis of intra-abdominal hypertension in critically ill medical patients: a prospective epidemiological study

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Categorized risk factors between survivors and non-survivors in the high risk group

	Survivors (n= 51)	Non-survivors (n= 36)	p value
Number of categorized risk factors
On admission	2.2 ± 0.8	2.7 ± 0.9	< .001
During ICU stay	2.6 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.8	< .001
Risk factors during ICU stay (n, percent)
Diminished abdominal wall compliance	48 (94.1)	35 (97.2)	< .001
Increased intraluminal contents	20 (39.2)	24 (67.6)	< .001
Increased abdominal contents	10 (19.6)	16 (44.4)	< .001
Capillary leak syndrome/fluid resuscitation	45 (88.2)	34 (94.4)	< .001

Categorized risk factors between survivors and non-survivors in the high risk group (87 patients with ≥2 categorized risk factors). ICU, intensive care unit. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated.