Table 1 Characteristics and clinical outcomes in patients with or without multiple organ dysfunction on Day2

 Age, years

70 (59–78)

72 (64–85)

0.145

 Male sex, n(%)

59 (61.5)

42 (64.6)

0.684

  Infection

63 (65.6)

46 (70.8)

0.493

  Post-surgery

8 (8.3)

4 (6.2)

0.605

  Trauma

14 (14.6)

8 (12.3)

0.680

  Burn

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0.409

  Acute pancreatitis

6 (6.3)

3 (4.6)

0.658

  Others

10 (10.4)

6 (9.2)

0.805

 APACHEII score on admission

29 (23–37)

19 (13–22)

<  0.001*

 qSOFA on admission

<  0.001*

  0

1

14

–

  1

33

29

–

  2

35

21

–

  3

26

1

–

 qSOFA≧2 on admission, n(%)

61 (64.2)

22 (33.8)

<  0.001*

  Total SOFA score

10 (7–13)

3 (2–5)

<  0.001*

  Respiration, (%)

72 (75.0)

23 (37.1)

<  0.001*

  Coagulation, (%)

29 (30.2)

4 (6.2)

<  0.001*

  Liver, (%)

14 (14.7)

4 (6.2)

0.092

  Cardiovascular, (%)

58 (60.4)

3 (4.6)

<  0.001*

  Central Nervous System, (%)

67 (69.8)

9 (13.8)

<  0.001*

  Renal, (%)

46 (47.9)

9 (13.8)

<  0.001*

 In hospital 28 day mortality

16 (16.7)

2 (3.1)

0.007*

 ICU free days

13 (0–20)

26 (23–28)

<  0.001*

 Ventilator free days

16 (1–24)

28 (28–28)

<  0.001*

 RRT free days

25 (11–28)

28 (28–28)

<  0.001*