Table 1 Patient characteristics.
Mean ± SD | n = 100 |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 63.3 ± 15.3 |
Height (cm) | 158.7 ± 9.3 |
Weight (kg) | 60.1 ± 15.9 |
Body mass index | 23.7 ± 5.1 |
Male | 48 (48%) |
Number of Blood gas analysis (25th–75th percentile) | 15.0 ± 15.4 |
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II | 24.6 ± 8.3 |
Classification of disease | |
Respiratory | 36 (36%) |
Cardiovascular | 9 (9%) |
Gastrointestinal | 35 (35%) |
Neurological | 9 (9%) |
Haematological | 2 (2%) |
Trauma | 3 (3%) |
Gynaecology | 2 (2%) |
Other | 4 (4%) |
Co-morbidity | |
Hypertension | 43 (43%) |
Ischaemic heart disease | 8 (8%) |
Chronic heart failure | 6 (6%) |
Arrhythmia | 8 (8%) |
COPD | 7 (7%) |
Cerebrovascular accident | 6 (6%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 20 (20%) |
Chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis | 5 (5%) |
hepatic disease | 11 (11%) |
Blood gas analysis (including all analyses, n = 1497) | |
pH | 7.426 ± 0.081 |
PaO2, mmHg | 92.5 ± 35.1 |
PaCO2, mmHg | 40.4 ± 8.9 |
Haemoglobin, g/dL | 9.3 ± 1.8 |
SaO2, % | 95.7 ± 2.9 |
MV duration, days | 9.0 ± 7.4 |
PaO2/FIO2 (day 1) | 249.6 ± 143.6 |
PaO2/FIO2 > 300 | 26 (26%) |
200 < PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 300 | 36 (36%) |
100 < PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 200 | 22 (22%) |
PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 100 | 16 (16%) |
Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | 2 (2%) |
ICU days | 10.3 ± 7.6 |
ICU mortality | 5 (5%) |
Hospital mortality | 16 (16%) |
