Table 1.

Reason for mechanical ventilation in 35 patients

Reason for intubation	N	%
Pneumonia	8	23
Acute respiratory failure	7	20
Severe chest trauma	3	9
Interstitial lung disease	2	6
Cerebrovascular accident	2	6
Congestive heart failure	2	6
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	2	6
Pancreatitis	2	6
Head trauma	2	6
Others*	5	14

*Sepsis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, myasthenia gravis, failure to wean, mesenterial ischemia.