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Table 4 Patients' characteristics prior to SBT, according weaning success or failure

From: Echocardiography: a help in the weaning process

 

Weaning success

(n = 94)

Weaning failure

(n = 23)

P value

SAP (mmHg)

139 (133-147)

132 (115-149)

0.28

HR (bpm)

92 (86-97)

110 (95-120)

0.007

SV (mL)

63 (57-70)

60 (39-66)

0.06

CO (L/min/m 2 )

5.8 (5.2-6.3)

5.4 (3.3-6.5)

0.19

LVEF (%)

51 (43-55)

36 (27-55)

0.04

E/A

0.94 (0.82-1.03)

0.88 (0.68-1.65)

0.7

DTE (ms)

170 (150-189)

138 (98-195)

0.07

E/E'

5.6 (5.2-6.3)

7.0 (5.0-9.2)

0.038

RVEDA/LVEDA

0.47 (0.44-0.51)

0.48 (0.43-0.52)

0.99

  1. CO, cardiac output; DTE, deceleration time of mitral E wave; HR, heart rate; LVEDA, left ventricular end-diastolic area; LVEF, LV ejection fraction; RVEDA, right ventricular end-diastolic area; SAP, systolic arterial pressure; SV, left ventricular stroke volume.