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Table 2 Characteristics of the patients included in the systematic review
| Study | Sample sizea(% men) | Age, yearsb | Diagnoses | Disease severityb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAPS III | SOFA | APACHE III | Other | ||||
| Abdellaoui et al.[42] | C: 6 (100%) | C: 67(59–72) | COPD | C: FEV1 of 15(10–27)% | |||
| N: 9 (78%) | N: 59(57–69) | N: FEV1 of 25(17–41)% | |||||
| Gerovasili et al.[25] | C: 13 (62%) | C: 56(19) | Sepsis | C: 61(14) | C: 8(3) | C: 18(6) | |
| N: 13 (46%) | N: 59(23) | Trauma | N: 66(9) | N: 10(3) | N: 19(3) | ||
| Neurologic | |||||||
| Gruther et al.[43] | C(A): 9 (89%) | C(A): 48(12) | Polytrauma | ||||
| N(A): 8 (88%) | N(A): 52(10) | Cardiovascular | |||||
| C(L): 8 (50%) | C(L): 64(8) | Transplant | |||||
| N(L): 8 (88%) | N(L): 61(10) | Pneumonia | |||||
| Cancer | |||||||
| Karatzanos et al.[34] and Routsi et al.[35] | C: 28 (79%) | C: 59(21) | Sepsis | C: 58(14) | C: 8(3) | C: 19(5) | C: 39% with CIPNM |
| N: 24 (79%) | N: 55(20) | Trauma | N: 55(11) | N: 8(3) | N: 16(4) | N: 13% with CIPNM | |
| Post-surgery | |||||||
| Brain injury | |||||||
| Respiratory failure | |||||||
| Poulsen et al.[44] | C/N: 8 (100%) | C/N: 67(64–72) | Sepsis | C/N: 11(9–14) | C/N: 25(20–29) | C/N: 13(10–22) days in ICU | |
| Rodríguez et al.[45]c | C/N: 14 (50%) | C/N: 72(63–80) | Sepsis | C/N: 10(9–12) | C/N: 20(18–27) | C/N: 27(19–44) days in ICU | |
| Zanotti et al.[46] | C: 12 (67%) | C: 65(4) | COPD | C: 47(19) days in ICU | |||
| N: 12 (75%) | N: 66(8) | N: 52(15) days in ICU | |||||
