Mortality related to total (absolute) number of days of organ failure during hospital stay (any type and including different episodes of organ failure)
| Total duration of organ failure | Mortality (%) |
| <48 hours | 8/27 (30) |
| 48 hours to 1 week | 20/53 (38) |
| 1–2 weeks | 11/33 (33) |
| 2–3 weeks | 7/31 (23) |
| >3 weeks | 39/96 (41) |