Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients
Number of patients n (%) | 367 (100) |
Male, n (%) | 219 (59.7) |
Age in years, median (IQR) | 61 (49–72) |
Weight Kg, median (IQR) | 70 (60–80) |
Height cm, mean (SD) | 163.6 (10) |
Body mass index kg/m2, Median (IQR) | 25.3 (21.7–29.1) |
Active Smoking, n (%) | 33 (9) |
Active alcoholism, n (%) | 22 (6) |
Reason for ICU admission, n (%) | |
Medical | 345 (94) |
Surgical (only postsurgical) | 22 (6) |
Type of ventilatory failure, n (%) | |
Shock | 52 (14.9) |
Hypercapnia (pH < 7.25, high CO2) | 23 (6.6) |
Hypoxemia (PaO2 < 60, usual FiO2) | 261 (75) |
Neuromuscular | 2 (0.6) |
Perioperative | 10 (2.9) |
Immunosuppression, n (%) | 72 (19.6) |
Pharmacological, n (%) | 25 (6.8) |
HIV, n (%) | 10 (2.7) |
Others, n (%) | 63 (17.2) |
Comorbidities, n (%) | |
Diabetes Mellitus | 113 (30.8) |
Hypertension | 173 (47.1) |
Asthma | 8 (2.2) |
Pulmonary fibrosis | 6 (1.6) |
Chronic kidney disease | 69 (18.8) |
Chronic liver disease | 17 (4.6) |
Neoplasms, n (%) | |
Hematological | 7 (1.9) |
Solid neoplasms | 2 (0.5) |
Solid neoplasms Chest | 1 (0.3) |
Solid neoplasms Abdomen | 9 (2.4) |
Solid musculoskeletal neoplasms | 4 (1.1) |
IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, Kg kilograms, cm centimeters, ICU intensive care unit. CNS central nervous system