Note: All values are expressed as numbers (percentages) or
median (interquartile range).
Abbreviations: APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health
Evaluation II; ALT, alanine transaminase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CCI,
Charlson Comorbidity Index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
CRP, C-reactive protein; HS Troponin I, high-sensitive troponin I; IMV,
invasive mechanical ventilation; SOFA Score, The Sequential Organ
Failure Assessment Score; VAP, ventilator associated pneumonia; WBC,
white blood cell count.