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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Prolonged acute care and post-acute care admission and recovery of physical function in survivors of acute respiratory failure: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

 

Entire cohort (n = 120)

Prolonged admission (n = 50)

Discharged to home at 1 month (n = 39)

p Value

Age, years

55 ± 15

55 ± 16

49 ± 14

0.04

Male sex, n (%)

71 (59%)

29 (58%)

23 (59%)

1

Race or ethnicity, n (%)

 Caucasian

93 (77%)

37 (74%)

32 (82%)

0.4

 Other

27 (23%)

13 (26%)

7 (18%)

0.4

APACHE II score

18 ± 6

18 ± 5

17 ± 6

0.2

Diagnoses

 ALI/ARDS

35 (29%)

14 (28%)

15 (38%)

0.6

 PNA/aspiration

39 (33%)

15 (30%)

10 (25%)

0.6

 Other

46 (38%)

21 (42%)

14 (35%)

0.6

Intensive physical therapy treatment received

59 (49%)

21 (42%)

20 (51%)

0.7

Comorbidities

 Cancer, n (%)

10 (9%)

4 (8%)

2 (5%)

0.6

 Diabetes, n (%)

27 (23%)

13 (26%)

6 (15%)

0.3

 Cirrhosis, n (%)

16 (13%)

8 (16%)

3 (8%)

0.3

 Renal failure, n (%)

8 (7%)

1 (3%)

3 (6%)

0.7

 HIV, n (%)

4 (3%)

1 (2%)

2 (5%)

0.6

Received corticosteroids, n (%)

21 (17%)

10 (20%)

6 (15%)

0.8

Acute care hospital LOS, days

21 (14–33)

30 (21–45)

16 (12–26)

<0.0001

Initial discharge location

 Home

52 (43%)

9 (18%)

31 (79%)

<0.0001

 Post-acute care facility

50 (42%)

38 (76%)

8 (21%)

<0.0001

Prolonged admission at 3 months, n (%)

15 (21%)

14 (38%)

1 (6%)

0.0016

Prolonged admission at 6 months, n (%)

4 (7%)

4 (15%)

0

0.034

  1. Abbreviations: ALI Acute lung injury, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, LOS Length of stay, PNA Pneumonia