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Table 1 Characteristics of the chronic pulmonary obstructive disease cohorta

From: A prospective longitudinal multicentre study of health related quality of life in ICU survivors with COPD

Characteristics

Complete follow-up

(N = 31)

Dead or lost to complete follow-up, (N = 20)

Males/females

12/19

6/14

Mean age, years (± SD)

69.7 (8.7)

70.7 (9.0)

APACHE II score, mean (± SD)

19.5 (6.7)

21.4 (8.2)

Charlson comorbidity index,

mean (± SD)

3.7 (2.0)

4.2 (1.9)

Number of patients with invasive ventilator treatment (%)

13 (42%)

8 (40%)

Days in ICU, median (IQR)

2.2 (1.3 to 4.6)

2.0 (1.8 to 9.4)

Days in hospital, median (IQR)

10 (5 to 15)

13 (6.5 to 21)

  1. aAPACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; IQR, interquartile range.