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Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Effects of sedatives and opioids on trigger and cycling asynchronies throughout mechanical ventilation: an observational study in a large dataset from critically ill patients

Total population (n = 79)

Median [25th, 75th percentiles]

Percentage

Age (years)

63 [52, 75]

 

Sex (% men)

 

64.5%

Reason for admission n

 Acute respiratory failure

 

39 (49.4%)

  - Sepsis

 

12 (15.2%)

  - Pneumonia

 

7 (8.7%)

  - ARDS

 

5 (6.3%)

  - COPD

 

3 (3.8%)

  - Congestive heart failure

 

2 (2.5%)

  - Other

 

10 (12.7%)

 Neurologic

 

15 (19%)

 Cardiac arrest

 

10 (12.7%)

 Postsurgical

 

8 (10.1%)

 Multiple trauma

 

6 (7.6%)

 Neuromuscular disease

 

1 (1.3%)

APACHE II

17 [10, 26]

 

SOFA at admission

7 [5.25, 10.75]

 

Length of mechanical ventilation (days)

6 [3, 10.5]

 

ICU stay (days)

10 [6, 18]

 

Hospital stay (days)

23 [11, 50]

 

Mortality ICU

 

27.9%

  1. ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, ICU intensive care unit