Table 1. Patient demographics including age, gender, admission details, DMFT score, incidence of a microbial shift and VAP.

Patient	Age	Gender	Admission	DMFT score	Microbial shift	VAP
1	33	M	Left main bronchus clot	4	Yes	Yes
2	55	F	Subarachnoid haemorrhage	19	No	Yes
3	54	F	Respiratory failure	11	Yes	No
4	39	M	Asphyxia (hanging)	–	No	No
5	69	M	Poly-trauma, haemopneumothorax, dissected aorta	22	Yes	Yes
6	72	M	Heart attack	12	Yes	No
7	68	M	Community-acquired pneumonia	13	No	No
8	18	F	Encephalopathy	0	No	Yes
9	58	F	Encephalopathy, cerebral oedema	19	Yes	No
10	67	M	Hypoxia, seizures, bronchial haemorrhage	11	Yes	Yes
11	48	M	Heart attack, head trauma	12	Yes	Yes
12	75	F	Laparotomy for small bowel obstruction and faecal peritonitis	16	Yes	No
13	39	M	Spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage	11	Yes	No