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Table 2 Demographics

From: Short-term effects of noisy pressure support ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure

Patient number

Age

IBW (kg)

Duration of ventilation

Airway

PEEP

F I O 2

Sedative

Analgetic

PaO 2 /F I O 2 at inclusion

Ramsay score

APACHE II score

Primary diagnosis

1

55

66

9

TC

6

0.45

None

Sufentanil

228

4

12

Acute bowel ischemia

2

48

70

2

ETT

10

0.40

Propofol

Sufentanil

217

4

3

Acute peritonitis

3

22

48

3

ETT

12

0.50

Midazolam

Sufentanil

157

4

7

Pneumonia

4

56

68

4

ETT

10

0.40

None

Sufentanil

279

2

3

Pneumonia

5

41

57

5

ETT

10

0.40

Midazolam

Sufentanil

240

4

9

Sepsis

6

19

75

14

TC

10

0.45

Clonidin

Sufentanil

240

2

4

Lung contusion

7

72

78

6

ETT

10

0.45

None

Sufentanil

298

4

7

Perforated aortic aneurysm

8

69

75

11

TC

10

0.40

None

Sufentanil

165

2

7

Pneumonia

9

74

71

9

ETT

10

0.80

None

Sufentanil

165

3

7

Perforated aortic aneurysm

10

34

75

10

TC

10

0.45

Clonidin

Sufentanil

221

3

2

Lung contusion

11

18

82

8

ETT

12

0.40

Midazolam

Sufentanil

188

4

10

Pneumonia

12

73

71

5

ETT

12

0.40

None

Sufentanil

203

5

9

Lung contusion

13

60

70

2

ETT

8

0.40

Propofol

Sufentanil

248

2

7

Anastomotic insufficiency

Summary counts or mean and min-max

49.3 (18-74)

69.7 (48-82)

6.8 (2-14)

4 × TC

10 (6-12)

0.45 (0.40-0.80)

6 × none

13 × sufentanil

219 (157-298)

3.3 (2-5)

6.7 (2-12)

7 × direct

9 × ETT

  

3 × midazolam

    

6 × indirect

2 × propofol

2 × clonidin

  1. IBW, ideal body weight; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; FIO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; PaO 2 , arterial partial pressure of oxygen; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation. TC, tracheal cannula; ETT, endotracheal tube.