Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Differential contractile response of critically ill patients to neuromuscular electrical stimulation
n | 21 | |
Sex (m/f) | 16/76.2% / 5/23.8% | |
Age (years) | 53.0 (45.0/70.0) | |
Weight (kg) | 85.0 (75.0/100.0) | |
Height (m) | 1.78 (1.74/1.80) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.1 (24.2/30.9) | |
Diagnosis responsible for ICU admission | ARDS | 8/38.1% |
Sepsis | 3/14.3% | |
Multiple trauma | 7/33.3% | |
Neurologic | 2/9.5% | |
Miscellaneous | 1/4.8% | |
SOFA at ICU admission | 13.0 (11.0/15.0) | |
APACHE II at ICU admission | 25.0 (20.0/28.0) | |
SAPS2 at ICU admission | 58.0 (47.0/65.0) | |
GCS at ICU admission | 5.0 (3.0/6.0) | |
Time until first awakening (days) | 17.0 (10.0/25.0) | |
ICU length of stay (days) | 32.0 (21.0/43.0) | |
Percent of days with RASS > − 3 during ICU stay | 64.3 (37.5/79.3) | |
Noradrenalin (μg/kg min) | 0.07 (0.05/0.11) | |
Time requiring noradrenalin (days) | 12.0 (9.0/18.0) | |
Survivors/non-survivors | 18/85.7% / 3/14.3% | |
Non-excitable muscle membrane/excitable muscle membrane | 7/50% / 7/50% | |
Start of NMES treatment after ICU admission (days) | 3.0 (2.0/6.0) | |