Table 1.
Patients’ physiological characteristics.
| Extubation After SBT | YES 67 (49.63%) |
NO 68 (50.37%) |
Overall 135 (100%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physiological Characteristics | ||||
| Sex Ratio (F/M) | 25/42 (37.3%) | 17/51 (25.0%) | 42/93 (31.1%) | 0.17 |
| Age | 62.9 (12.1) | 62.4 (11.4) | 62.7 (11.7) | 0.80 |
| BMI | 26.4 (6.3) | 27.4 (6.1) | 26.3 (6.3) | 0.88 |
| SAPS 2 | 54.9 (16.4) | 53.4 (17.0) | 54.2 (16.7) | 0.60 |
| SOFA | 3.37 (2.17) | 3.79 (2.22) | 3.59 (2.20) | |
| Weight Balance | 0.0007 | |||
| Negative | 13 (19.7%) | 9 (13.4%) | 22 (16.54%) | – |
| Neutral | 20 (30.3%) | 5 (7.46%) | 25 (18.80%) | – |
| Positive | 33 (50.0%) | 53 (79.1%) | 86 (64.66%) | – |
| BMI Class | 0.49 | |||
| Low Weight—Denutrition | 5 (7.7%) | 4 (6.1%) | 6 (6.9%) | – |
| Normal | 25 (38.5%) | 20 (30.3%) | 45 (34.4%) | – |
| Overweight | 20 (30.8%) | 25 (37.9%) | 45 (34.4%) | – |
| Obesity | 11 (16.9%) | 16 (24.2%) | 27 (20.6%) | – |
| Morbid Obesity | 4 (6.2%) | 1 (1.5%) | 5 (3.8%) | – |
| Medical History | ||||
| Cardiac Disease | 38 (56.7%) | 38 (55.9%) | 76 (56.3%) | 1 |
| Respiratory Disease | 38 (56.7%) | 33 (48.5%) | 71 (52.6%) | 0.44 |
| Immunosuppression | 2 (3.0%) | 13 (19.1%) | 15 (11.2%) | 0.007 |
| Smoking | 19 (46.3%) | 18 (40%) | 37 (43.0%) | 0.82 |
| Alcohol Abuse | 21 (61.8%) | 23 (56.1%) | 44 (59.7%) | 0.34 |
| Medical Condition | ||||
| Current Pathology | 0.16 | |||
| Respiratory | 25 (37.3%) | 33 (48.5%) | 58 (42.96%) | – |
| Hemodynamic | 9 (13.4%) | 10 (14.7%) | 19 (14.07%) | – |
| Neurologic | 25 (37.3%) | 15 (22.1%) | 40 (29.63%) | – |
| Cardiac Arrest | 7 (10.4%) | 5 (7.35%) | 12 (8.89%) | – |
| Other | 1 (1.49%) | 5 (7.35%) | 6 (4.44%) | – |
| Hemodynamic Unstability | 2 (3.0%) | 3 (4.4%) | 5 (3.7%) | 1 |
| Atrial Fibrillation | 10 (14.9%) | 16 (23.5%) | 26 (19.3%) | 0.29 |
| Arterial Hypertension | 14 (20.9%) | 22 (32.4%) | 36 (26.7%) | 0.19 |
| Diuretics | 9 (13.4%) | 11 (16.2%) | 20 (14.8%) | 0.84 |
| Vasopressors | 56 (83.6%) | 57 (83.8%) | 113 (83.7%) | 1 |
| Beta-blockers | 6 (%) | 10 (%) | 16 (%) | 0.24 |
Results are presented as number (%). A p value equal or below 0.05 was considered statically significant and depicted in black tone.
F: female; M: male; SBT: Spontaneous Breathing Test; BMI: Body-Mass Index; SAPS 2: Simplified Acute Physiologic Scale; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure.
Significant values are in bold.