Table 1

Demographic data and patient characteristics
Patient
 Diagnosis
 Age (years)
 Sex
 Apache II Score
 BMI (kg/m2)
 Measurements (n)
1
 ICB, Acute heart failure
 70
 female
 37
 34.3
 20
2
 Cerebral infarct, Angina pectoris
 73
 female
 36
 27.3
 6
3
 Craniocerebral injury
 21
 male
 14
 27.7
 5
4
 SAH
 46
 female
 12
 19.6
 7
5
 Craniocerebral injury, Thorax trauma
 18
 male
 28
 19.0
 8
6
 SAH, Cerebral infarct
 49
 female
 26
 25.8
 8
7
 Sepsis
 62
 male
 37
 31.4
 6
8
 SAH
 66
 male
 21
 28.4
 15
9
 PAH
 71
 female
 17
 28.6
 6
10
 ICB, Hypertension
 49
 female
 21
 24.5
 14
11
 Craniocerebral injury, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 16
 female
 31
 23.9
 7
12
 Coronary heart disease, CABG
 71
 male
 29
 31.1
 5
13
 Mitral regurgitation, MVR
 74
 male
 37
 33.0
 4
14
 SAH, ICB
 43
 female
 23
 22.8
 13
15
 Coronary heart disease, Mitral regurgitation, CABG, MVR
 64
 male
 12
 22.4
 3
16
 Coronary heart disease, CABG
 69
 male
 20
 28.3
 8
17
 Cerebral infarct
 73
 female
 32
 35.9
 7
18
 SAH, Pulmonary edema
 53
 male
 27
 26.4
 8
19
 Intracranial haematoma
 70
 male
 20
 33.1
 11
20
 Sepsis, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 52
 female
 34
 24.2
 3
all
55.5 ± 18.9
 10 male
 25.7 ± 8.4
 27.4 ± 4.7
 164

Data are presented as mean ± SD or as frequency distributions (n) and simple percentages (%).

Appreviations: BMI = body mass index; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; ICB = intracerebral bleeding; MVR = mitral valve replacement; PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension; SAH = subarachnoidal haemorrhage.

Prasser et al. BMC Anesthesiology 2007 7:9   doi:10.1186/1471-2253-7-9