Prognostic Factors in Acute Methadone Toxicity: A 5-Year Study

Table 4

The relative frequency of complications.

	Total	Survivors	Nonsurvivors	value
Disseminated intravascular coagulation	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (10.7%)	0.002
Hepatic failure	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (14.3%)	<0.001
Acute renal failure	16 (4.9%)	3 (1%)	13 (46.4%)	<0.001
Rhabdomyolysis	15 (4.6%)	7 (2.4%)	8 (28.6%)	<0.001
Pneumonia	15 (4.6%)	10 (3.4%)	5 (17.9%)	0.008
ALI/ARDS	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (14.3%)	<0.001
Sepsis	2 (0.6%)	0	2 (7.1%)	0.007

ALI: acute lung injury.