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Table 1 Main patient characteristics

From: High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy decreases postextubation neuroventilatory drive and work of breathing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Patient no.

Gender

Age (years)

SAPS II (at ICU admission)

SOFA (day of study)

Reason for admission to ICU

FEV1/FVC

(% predicted)

FEV1

(% predicted)

GOLD stage

Days of MV

Reintubation

ICU length of stay (days)

Hospital outcome

1

M

70

27

3

COPD exacerbation

63

30

3

4

No

7

Survivor

2

M

84

42

4

Postoperative respiratory failure (abdominal sepsis)

68

33

3

14

No

20

Survivor

3

M

70

40

7

Hemorrhagic shock (trauma)

48

53

2

12

No

14

Survivor

4

M

80

36

6

COPD exacerbation

42

55

2

11

Yes

29

Nonsurvivor

5

M

72

58

7

COPD exacerbation

62

55

2

8

No

10

Survivor

6

F

76

58

10

Postoperative respiratory failure (abdominal sepsis)

50

24

4

12

No

13

Survivor

7

M

58

50

10

COPD exacerbation

52

32

3

5

No

11

Survivor

8

M

78

43

5

Postoperative respiratory failure (hip Fracture)

59

27

4

3

Yes

25

Nonsurvivor

9

F

71

54

8

COPD exacerbation

47

25

4

4

No

6

Survivor

10

M

76

31

5

Postoperative respiratory failure (abdominal sepsis)

56

49

3

4

No

5

Survivor

11

M

64

29

3

COPD exacerbation

57

46

3

10

Yes

20

Survivor

12

M

50

10

2

COPD exacerbation

64

64

2

6

No

14

Survivor

13

M

78

35

4

COPD exacerbation

53

59

2

8

Yes

24

Nonsurvivor

14

M

74

42

5

Postoperative respiratory failure (abdominal sepsis)

44

64

2

4

Yes

23

Nonsurvivor

Mean ± SD

 

71.5

9

39.6

13.2

5.6

2.5

    

7.5

3.7

Reintubation

5/14 (35.7%)

 

Survival

10/14 (71.4%)

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, F female, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, GOLD Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease, ICU intensive care unit, M male, MV mechanical ventilation, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment