Table 1.

Demographic Data of Patients With Multiple Injuries or Severe Sepsis

 
Patients after severe injury 
No. 17 
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. 8 
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%)† 
 
Patients after severe injury 
No. 17 
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. 8 
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).

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