Table 1 Patient characteristics and baseline parameters
Patient | Sex | Age (years) | Apache II (at ICU admission) | ICU stay at first study day | Days of intubation at first study day | Diagnostic group | Main admission diagnoses | Main comorbidity | PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg) or % Sat | PEEP (cmH2O) | ETT/T sizes (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F | 46 | 28 | 17 | 16 | Postop | Peritonitis | Colon cancer | 366 | 6 | 8 |
2 | M | 68 | 18 | 52 | 41 | Medical | Severe pancreatitis | Hypertension | 100% | 5 | 8 |
3 | M | 82 | 14 | 6 | 5 | Postop | Nosocomial pneumonia | Hypertension, CAD, CHF | 218 | 5 | 8 |
4 | M | 82 | 21 | 11 | 11 | Postop | Cardiac arrest | CABG, CHF, asthma | 233 | 0 | 8 |
5 | F | 54 | 18 | 1 | 1 | Medical | Respiratory failure | Poliomyelitis, kyphoscoliosis | 276 | 5 | 7 |
6 | F | 18 | 23 | 36 | 36 | Medical | Coma | Viral encephalitis | 94% | 7 | 7 |
7 | M | 26 | 19 | 3 | 3 | Medical | Coma | Head trauma | 128 | 7 | 8 |
8 | F | 69 | 25 | 7 | 7 | Medical | Coma | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 128 | 10 | 8 |
9 | M | 51 | 17 | 26 | 26 | Medical | Coma | Ischemic stroke, intracranial hypertension, craniectomy | 96% | 5 | 8 |
10 | M | 75 | 38 | 1 | 1 | Medical | Severe CAP | Hypertension, stroke, leukemia | 182 | 12 | 8.5 |
11 | M | 80 | 28 | 6 | 6 | Trauma | Coma | Head trauma | 98% | 5 | 8 |
12 | F | 61 | 18 | 8 | 8 | Medical | Bronchospasm | COPD, alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, chronic hepatitis and pancreatitis | 120 | 7 | 8 |
13 | F | 80 | 36 | 11 | 11 | Medical | Cardiac arrest | Complete atrio-ventricular bloc | 270 | 6 | 7 |