Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients included in the study

Patients included, n

32

Age (years)^a

58 ± 14

Gender (male/female)

23/9

APACHE II score on admission^a

21 ± 8

SOFA score on admission^a

7 ± 3

SOFA score on session day^a

7 ± 3

Diagnostic category at admission

Post-surgery [n (%)]

12 (38 %)

Respiratory failure [n (%)]

8 (25 %)

Cardiovascular failure [n (%)]

4 (12 %)

Trauma [n (%)]

3 (9 %)

Neurological [n (%)]

3 (9 %)

Other [n (%)]

2 (6 %)

Comorbidities

Cardiovascular disease [n (%)]

19 (59 %)

Respiratory disease [n (%)]

5 (16 %)

Hepatic disease [n (%)]

5 (16 %)

Renal disease [n (%)]

5 (16 %)

Diabetes mellitus [n (%)]

12 (38 %)

Hematological/anticoagulated [n (%)]

6 (19 %)

Other [n (%)]

21 (66 %)

Medication on session day

Corticosteroids [n (%)]

10 (31 %)

Antimicrobials [n (%)]

30 (94 %)

Noradrenaline [n (%)]

12 (38 %)

Sedative [n (%)]

15 (47 %)