Table S1.

Clinical characteristics of patients

Parameters	Short-term MV	Long-term MV
Duration of MV	2.3 ± 0.4	98 ± 65**
No. of patients	10	9
Age, y	53 ± 9	39 ± 19*
Sex, M/F	9/1	3/6
Weight, kg	72 ± 15	74 ± 14
Height, cm	170 ± 10	170 ± 11
BMI, kg/cm2	25 ± 5	25 ± 3
Reason for surgery/cause of brain death	Stage 1A adenocarcinoma of the lung	Stroke (7), Motor vehicle accident (1), Cardiac arrest (1)

BMI, body mass index; MV, mechanical ventilation. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.