... States and Canada.Oceania: Australia and New Zealand.Asia: India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Israel, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, China and Kuwait.Other ... with- out careful patient selection.Additional materialAbbreviationsANOVA: analysis of variance; APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic HealthEvaluation II; DAA: Drotrecogin alfa (activated); ... large patient numbers, significant levels of missing values resulted in small numbers for certain parameters. Country variabil-ity in the standard of care, the severity of cardiovascularorgan...