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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients at inclusion

From: A recruitment maneuver increases oxygenation after intubation of hypoxemic intensive care unit patients: a randomized controlled study

 

Control group

(n = 20)

RM group

(n = 20)

P

Age (years)

67 ± 8

62 (9)

0.19

Gender (F/M)

7/13

5/15

0.73

Height (cm)

167 ± 6

172 ± 8

0.09

Weight (kg)

72 ± 18

74 ± 10

0.66

SAPS II score [16]

48 ± 18

44 ± 23

0.49

Knaus class A/B/C/D (no.) [18]

2/8/6/4

3/9/6/2

0.8

McCabe score 1/2/3 (no.) [17]

5/10/5

4/10/6

0.9

Diagnosis

   

Pneumonia (no.)

10

11

 

Extra pulmonary ALI (no.)

6

7

 

Other (no.)

4

2

 
  1. ALI: acute lung injury; F: female; M: male; RM: recruitment manoeuvre; SAPS II: simple acute physiologic score II.
  2. Chi-squared for overall diagnoses: P = 0.673.
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