Research Article
High Circulating Caspase-Cleaved Keratin 18 Fragments (M30) Indicate Short-Term Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Table 2
Disease etiology of the study population leading to ICU admission.
| | Sepsis | Nonsepsis | 156 | 87 |
| Etiology of sepsis critical illness Site of infection n (%) | | Pulmonary | 84 (54%) | | Abdominal | 27 (17%) | | Urogenital | 10 (6%) | | Other | 35 (23%) | | Etiology of nonsepsis critical illness n (%) | | | Cardiopulmonary disorder | | 29 (33%) | Exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | | 3 (3.5%) | Acute pancreatitis | | 11 (13%) | Acute liver failure | | 2 (2%) | Decompensated liver cirrhosis | | 13 (15%) | Severe gastrointestinal hemorrhage | | 7 (8%) | Neurological diseases | | 4 (4.5%) | Intoxication | | 3 (3.5%) | Ketoacidosis/diabetic coma | | 5 (6%) | Vasculitis | | 3 (3.5%) | Nonsepsis other | | 7 (8%) |
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