Demographics | Â |
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   Age, years | 55 ± 16 |
   Female gender, number (percentage) | 85 (45) |
Transferring hospital patient data | Â |
   Glasgow Coma Scale score | 5 (3–9) |
   Length of stay, days | 1 (1–3) |
   Location |  |
Intensive care unit | 113 (60) |
Emergency room | 76 (40) |
Other | 1 (<1) |
   Vital signs |  |
Heart rate, beats per minute | 98 ± 24 |
Respiratory rate, breaths per minute | 17 ± 5 |
Mean arterial pressure, mm Hg | 90 ± 22 |
SaO2 < 90% | 11 (6) |
   Use of neuromuscular blockers prior to flight | 101 (54) |
   Use of sedation prior to flighta | 150 (84) |
   Use of vasopressors prior to flight | 55 (29) |
Transferring hospital ventilator data | Â |
   Mode |  |
Assist control | 152 (80) |
Intermittent mandatory ventilation | 19 (10) |
Pressure support ventilation | 2 (1) |
Pressure control ventilation | 3 (2) |
Otherb | 14 (7) |
   Settings |  |
Tidal volume, mL | 654 ± 105 |
Positive end-expiratory pressure, cm H2O | 5.4 ± 4.7 |
FiO2, percentage | 0.73 ± 0.27 |
   Tracheostomy | 7 (4) |
Flight data | Â |
   Nighttime transfer | 76 (40) |
   Winter transfer | 40 (21) |
   Distance, km | 48 (31–83) |
   Flight time, minutes | 13 (8–22) |
In-flight ventilator data | Â |
   Initial mode |  |
Assist control | 147 (77) |
Intermittent mandatory ventilation | 14 (7) |
Manual ventilationc | 25 (13) |
T-piece | 2 (1) |
Not recorded | 2 (1) |
   FiO2, percentage | 0.84 ± 0.25 |
   Tidal volume, mL | 662 ± 124 |
Receiving hospital outcomesd | Â |
   Duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 6 (3–18) |
   Intensive care unit length of stay, days | 11 (3–21) |
   Hospital length of stay, days | 15 (6–31) |
   Hospital mortality, percentage | 42 (31) |