Table 2.
Comparison of the distribution of the main diagnostic reasons for ventilation in the entire study population and in the two sub-groups (N (%))
| Variable | All N = 579 |
ICU ventilations N = 283 |
Non-ICU ventilations N = 296 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory insufficiency secondary to sepsis | 169 (29.2) | 68 (24.0) | 101 (34.1) | 0.01 |
| Pulmonary edema | 89 (15.4) | 53 (18.7) | 36 (12.2) | 0.04 |
| Community-acquired pneumonia | 69 (11.9) | 24 (8.4) | 45 (15.2) | 0.02 |
| Acute exacerbation of COPD | 44 (7.6) | 21 (7.4) | 23 (7.8) | 0.99 |
| Respiratory insufficiency following cardiopulmonary arrest | 43 (7.4) | 22 (7.8) | 21 (7.1) | 0.88 |
| Hospital-acquired pneumonia | 24 (4.1) | 11 (3.9) | 13 (4.4) | 0.92 |
| Cardiogenic shock | 17 (2.9) | 15 (5.3) | 2 (0.7) | < 0.003 |
| Total | 455 (78.6) | 214 (75.6) | 241 (81.4) | |