Clinical characteristics of intensive care unit (ICU)-control, critical illness myopathy (CIM) and critical illness myopathy/critical illness polyneuropathy (CIM/CIP) patients
| ICU-control (n=13) | CIM (n=16) | CIM/CIP (n=20) | p Value* | p Value† | |
| Age (years) | 34 (23/51) | 59 (37/67) | 51 (41/58) | 0.063 | 0.301 |
| Gender (male/female) | 10/3 | 8/8 | 17/3 | 0.061 | 0.034 |
| BMI kg/m2 on admission | 24.7 (21.6/26.3) | 25 (22/28.5) | 26 (21.9/31.2) | 0.445 | 0.404 |
| Sepsis on admission (%) | 0 | 44 | 55 | 0.002 | 0.738 |
| Diagnosis on admission | |||||
| Percentage multiple trauma | 76.9 (n=10) | 37.5 (n=6) | 50 (n=10) | 0.017 | 0.047 |
| Percentage cancer surgery | 7.7 (n=1) | 37.5 (n=6) | 5 (n=1) | ||
| Percentage acute respiratory distress syndrome/sepsis | 7.7 (n=1) | 25 (n=4) | 45 (n=9) | ||
| Percentage others | 7.7 (n=1) | – | – | ||
| SAPS-II on admission | 26 (22/40) | 39 (31/48) | 41 (33/50) | 0.227 | 0.539 |
| SAPS-II peak (first 10 days) | 36 (24/44) | 40 (31/52) | 54 (40/65) | 0.048 | 0.243 |
| SOFA on admission | 8 (6/9) | 9.5 (7/12) | 11 (8/14) | 0.006 | 0.149 |
| SOFA peak (first 10 days) | 8 (7/9) | 10 (8/14) | 12 (10/14) | 0.002 | 0.523 |
| Acute renal failure on admission (%) | 0 | 18.8 | 25 | 0.157 | 0.709 |
| Survival (%) | 100 | 62.5 | 80 | 0.045 | 0.285 |
| ICU length of stay (days) | 8 (7/15) | 19 (14/33) | 35 (23/47) | <0.001 | 0.004 |
Values are shown as median and 25/75 percentiles, percentages or as absolute numbers.
*p Value compares all three groups (Kruskal–Wallis test/the Fisher exact test), whereas †p value (Mann–Whitney U test/the Fisher exact test) compares data between CIM- and CIM/CIP patients.
SAPS-II, Simplified acute physiology score; SOFA, sepsis-related organ failure assessment.