In all levels of care the most expensive patients were those needing mechanical ventilation, those patients having a high severity of illness and/or severe sepsis as well as nonsurvivors.
Potential survival benefits of eritoran in severe sepsis patients may be associated with high severity of illness.
Hyperkalemia was most influential in deciding dialysis initiation in the less severely ill case, whereas hypoxemia was most influential in the high severity of illness case.
The cohort had a mean age of 65 and a high severity of illness.
A high Severity of Dependence Scale score increased the probability for contact with a physician.
Women released from prison had high severity of drug use, which increased the likelihood of engaging in high-risk behaviors.
More comorbidities and ordering compulsions independently predicted poor insight, particularly when accompanied by high anxiety and high severity of compulsions.
ARR based on crude mortality rates was 10.3% in the high severity of illness and 1.8% in the low severity of illness subgroups.
Discussion Saps II level, SOFA max level, ICU length of stay, all these parameters emphasize the high severity of this cohort of patients.
For example, failed NIPPV can occur from poor patient selection with a high severity of illness or worsening of the disease with time while on NIPPV.
Risk factors for ICU delirium are inconsistent across studies; those retained had to have been identified in at least two studies: these were preexisting dementia; history of hypertension; history of alcoholism; and admission a high severity of illness on admission.
