Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm in ventilator-associated pneumonia response: a state of concept

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

Variable^a	n= 81
APACHE II, mean ± SEM	21 ± 0.7
Age, mean ± SEM	59 ± 1.8
Gender female, N/%	27/33%
Previous immunosuppression^b, N/%	19/24%
Previous antibiotics, N/%	62/77%
SDD, N/%	30/37%
Diabetes mellitus, N/%	19/24%
Causes of intubation
- Acute respiratory failure, N/%	31/38%
- Acute heart failure, N/%	10/12%
- Coma GCS < 7 to 8, N/%	40/49%

^a Indicates status at time of intubation ^b Active onco-hematologic disease, solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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