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Table 1.

Demographic Data of Patients With Multiple Injuries or Severe Sepsis

Patients after severe injury

No.

Mean ISS¹⁵

39.8 ± 2.5 (range, 22-59 points)

Mean APACHE II¹⁶

20.2 ± 2.5 (range, 9-29 points)

Injury pattern

Head

77%

Thorax

92%

Abdomen

15%

Spine

30%

Pelvis

30%

Extremities

54%

Death

5/17 (29%)^*

Patients with sepsis

No.

Mean APACHE II¹⁶

20.3 ± 3.3 (9-31 points)

Sepsis origin

Pneumonia (n = 6)

Meningitis (n = 1)

Wound infection (n = 1)

Death

2/8 (25%)^†

Death due to brain edema (n = 4), hemorrhage (n = 1).

Death due to multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) (n = 2).