Table 1.
Baseline and ventilation characteristics
| Parameter | N | All | Survivors (n=233) |
Non-survivors (n=340) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age¥ | 573 | 57.71 (14.67) | 55.13 (14.46) | 59.47 (14.57) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | 573 | M/F 393/180 | M/F (165/68) | M/F (228/112) | 0.341 |
| (68.59/31.41) | (70.82/29.18) | (67.06/32.94) | |||
| History of DM | 573 | 331 (57.77) | 123 (52.79) | 208 (61.18) | 0.046 |
| History of hypertension | 573 | 338 (58.99) | 127 (54.51) | 211 (62.06) | 0.071 |
| History of IHD | 573 | 85 (14.83) | 22 (9.44) | 63 (18.53) | 0.003 |
| History of CVA | 573 | 40 (6.98) | 9 (3.86) | 31 (9.12) | 0.015 |
| History of CKD | 573 | 80 (13.96) | 27 (11.59) | 53 (15.59) | 0.175 |
| History of COPD | 573 | 24 (4.19) | 8 (3.43) | 16 (4.71) | 0.455 |
| APACHE II | 525 | 30.10 (5.96) | 28.39 (5.85) | 31.23 (5.78) | < 0.001 |
| SOFA | 461 | 7 (4–11) | 5 (3‑7) | 8 (5–12) | < 0.001 |
| Invasive ventilation | 257 | 257 (44.85) | 63 (27.04) | 194 (57.06) | < 0.001 |
| Vasopressors | 148 | 148 (25.80) | 47 (20.2) | 101 (29.70) | 0.010 |
| Heart rate | 573 | 97 (21) | 93 (20) | 99 (22) | < 0.001 |
| PEEP max (cm of H2O) | 397 | 10.52 (3.43) | 9.70 (3.21) | 10.87 (3.47) | < 0.001 |
Values are n (%), p value from Chi-square test of association
¥Mean (SD), independent sample t-test was used for comparison. § Median (IQR), Mann–Whitney U test. DM Diabetes Mellitus, IHD Ischemic heart disease, CVA Cerebrovascular accident, CKD Chronic kidney disease, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.