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Characteristics
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N:86
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Age, mean ± SD
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61 ± 14
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Male (%)
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55 (64)
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Apache II, mean ± SD
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18 ± 2
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Reason for admission (%)
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Acute respiratory failure
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22 (25.5)
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Neurological illness
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18 (21.0)
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Severe sepsis or septic shock
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14 (16.3)
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Shock
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11 (12.7)
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Othera
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21 (24.4)
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Comorbidities (%)
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Diabetes
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24 (28.0)
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Cardiovascular
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21 (24.4)
|
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COPD
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17 (19.7)
|
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Cancer
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17 (19.7)
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Immunosuppression
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13 (15.0)
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Chronic liver failure
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8 (9.3)
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Chronic renal failure
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5 (5.8)
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COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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aIntoxications, trauma, cardiac arrest, gastrointestinal bleeding
