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Table 3 Ventilator setting in patients with no treatment limitations at ICU discharge who received invasive MV for at least 2 days (from AHRF onset) stratified by vital status at hospital discharge

From: Death in hospital following ICU discharge: insights from the LUNG SAFE study

Parameter

Alive N = 2186

Dead N = 142

Total N = 2328

p value

Patients on IMV at 1st and 2nd day, n (%)

1545 (70.68)

111 (78.17)

1656 (71.13)

0.0562

 Last day on IMV (with collected data), median [IQR]

7 [3–20]

7 [3–10]

7 [3–10]

0.7307

 Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation after IMV, n (%)

144 (9.32)

7 (6.31)

151 (9.12)

0.2866

Ventilator setting at 1st day of Invasive MV

 Controlled ventilation, n (%)

1081 (71.21)

76 (69.72)

1157 (7111)

0.7407

 FiO2, median [IQR]

0.60 [0.40–0.80]

0.50 [0.40–0.70]

0.57 [0.40–0.80]

0.1899

 Set respiratory rate (breaths/min), mean ± SD

17.92 ± 5.83

17.66 ± 5.38

17.90 ± 5.80

0.7580

 Total respiratory rate (breaths/min), mean ± SD

19.74 ± 6.14

19.51 ± 5.84

19.73 ± 6.12

0.7573

 Tidal volume (ml/kg IBW), mean ± SD

7.77 ± 1.83

7.78 ± 1.88

7.77 ± 1.84

0.6565

 High tidal volume (> 8 ml/kg IBW), n (%)

543 (36.86)

42 (40.00)

585 (37.07)

0.5203

 Dynamic compliance (ml/cmH2O), mean ± SD

33.35 ± 23.96

32.23 ± 23.04

33.27 ± 23.89

0.2753

 PEEP (cmH2O), mean ± SD

8.12 ± 3.21

7.40 ± 2.85

8.07 ± 3.19

0.0095

 PIP (cmH2O), mean ± SD

26.04 ± 7.99

25.50 ± 8.02

26.01 ± 7.99

0.5395

 Plateau pressure measured, n (%)

489 (31.65)

33 (29.73)

522 (31.52)

0.6740

 Plateau pressure (cmH2O), mean ± SD

21.50 ± 5.62

21.73 ± 6.27

21.52 ± 5.66

0.9205

 Driving pressure (cmH2O), mean ± SD

13.19 ± 5.03

14.64 ± 5.81

13.28 ± 5.09

0.1699

 Minute ventilation (l/min), mean ± SD

9.32 ± 2.87

9.06 ± 3.07

9.30 ± 2.89

0.1545

 Standardized minute ventilation (l/min), mean ± SD

10.43 ± 4.45

9.96 ± 3.94

10.40 ± 4.42

0.4408

Ventilator setting at last available day of Invasive MV in ICU

 Controlled ventilation, n (%)

384 (25.35)

25 (23.15)

409 (25.20)

0.6112

 FiO2

  Median [IQR]

0.40 [0.35–0.45]

0.40 [0.30–0.40]

0.40 [0.35–0.45]

0.0309

  Available data, n (%)

1501 (97.15)

107 (96.40)

1608 (97.10)

0.5586

 Total respiratory rate (breaths/min)

  Mean ± SD

20.21 ± 12.15

20.91 ± 6.76

20.26 ± 11.86

0.1920

  Available data, n (%)

1499 (97.02)

109 (98.20)

1608 (97.10)

0.7674

 Tidal volume (ml/kg IBW)

  High tidal volume (> 8 ml/kg IBW), n (%)

602 (42.82)

42 (42.00)

644 (42.76)

0.8733

  Mean ± SD

7.95 ± 2.06

7.89 ± 2.04

7.95 ± 2.06

0.9763

  Available data, n (%)

1406 (91.00)

100 (90.09)

1506 (90.94)

0.7461

 Dynamic compliance (ml/cmH2O)

  Mean ± SD

49.39 ± 45.70

48.72 ± 30.39

49.35 ± 44.84

0.1701

  Available data, n (%)

1344 (86.99)

96 (86.49)

1440 (86.96)

0.8790

 PEEP (cmH2O)

  Mean ± SD

6.66 ± 2.43

6.26 ± 1.95

6.63 ± 2.40

0.0597

  Available data, n (%)

1496 (96.83)

106 (95.50)

1602 (96.74)

0.4043

 PIP (cmH2O)

  Mean ± SD

20.17 ± 7.16

18.51 ± 7.01

20.06 ± 7.16

0.0079

  Available data, n (%)

1395 (90.29)

99 (89.19)

1494 (90.22)

0.7058

 Minute ventilation (l/min)

  Mean ± SD

9.65 ± 4.08

9.56 ± 3.25

9.64 ± 4.03

0.9026

  Available data, n (%)

1447 (93.66)

103 (92.79)

1550 (93.60)

0.7194

 Standardized minute ventilation (l/min)

  Mean ± SD

10.11 ± 4.93

10.04 ± 4.00

10.10 ± 4.87

0.7355

  Available data, n (%)

1257 (81.36)

92 (82.88)

1349 (81.46)

0.6899

  1. FiO2 fraction of inspired oxygen, IBW ideal body weight, IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, IQR interquartile range [first and third quartile], PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, PIP peak inspiratory pressure, SD standard deviation