Clinical Study
The Incidence and Prognostic Value of Hypochloremia in Critically Ill Patients
Table 1
Patient demographics and clinical variables.
| | Characteristics | P value |
| | n | 488 | | Age, years, | | | Sex, male, n (%) | 293 (60.0) | | APACHE II score | | | Reason for ICU admission | | | Postoperative, n (%) | 443 (90.8) | | Sepsis, n (%) | 16 (3.3) | | Respiratory failure, n (%) | 9 (1.8) | | Cardiogenic shock, n (%) | 8 (1.6) | | Hypovolemic shock, n (%) | 3 (0.6) | | Miscellaneous, n (%) | 25 (5.1) | | Type of admission, n (%) | | | Surgical | 443 (90.8) | | Medical | 45 (9.2) | | ICU stay, days | | | Hospital stay, days | | | ICU mortality, n (%) | 15 (3.0) | | Hospital mortality, n (%) | 28 (5.7) |
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APACHE II score: acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; ICU: intensive care unit.
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