Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 115 (64.6) |
| Age, mean ± SD | 49.7 ± 18.5 |
| Ambulation status prior to hospitalizationi n, (%) | |
| Ambulatory | 130 (95.6) |
| Non-ambulatory | 6 (3.4) |
| Service of record, n (%) | |
| General surgery/trauma | 80 (45.5) |
| Medicine | 62 (35.2) |
| Neurology/neurosurgery | 34 (19.3) |
| APACHE III score, mean ± SD | 85.9 ± 31.0 |
Percentages represent percent of non-missing data