Table 1.
Clinical findings of ventilated patients included in the study
| Day | Body Temp (°C) |
Age | Sex | Sputum screen |
LRC | XR CHEST |
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| Pleural effusion | Other notes | |||||||
| Subject - 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.2 | 62 | F | Rare SEC; Many PMNs |
Rare amount Candida albicans recovered | No effusions | Persistent mild PVC; HL | |
| 2 | 36.9 | -- | -- | No effusions | HL | |||
| 3 | 36.6 | -- | -- | -- |
-- |
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| Subject - 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.8 | 69 | M | Rare SEC; Many PMNs; Many gram positive cocci |
Mixed upper respiratory flora recovered. | PE | ARF with hypoxia | |
| 2 | 37.4 | -- | -- | Recurrent left PE | ARF with hypoxia; SE | |||
| 3 | 36.9 | -- | -- | Recurrent left PE | ARF with hypoxia; SE | |||
| 4 | 36.4 | -- | -- | Recurrent left PE | ARF with hypoxia; SE | |||
| 5 | 37.6 | -- | -- | Recurrent left PE | ARF with hypoxia; SE | |||
| 6 | 37.3 | -- | -- | Recurrent left PE | ARF with hypoxia; SE; Right lower lobe opacity; Pneumonia/pneumonitis; Left perihilar infiltrate |
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| Subject - 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.4 | 62 | F | Rare SEC; Many PMNs |
Mixed upper respiratory flora recovered. | Left PE | PE | |
| 2 | 37.1 | -- | -- | Left PE | BPn | |||
| 3 | 36.7 | -- | -- | Left PE | AP; BPn | |||
| 4 | 37.1 | -- | -- | Left PE | Persistent BPI |
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| Subject - 4 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.7 | 44 | F | -- | -- | -- | ARF; High suspicion for pneumonia |
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| 2 | 37.6 | PMNs | -- | -- | ARF; High suspicion for pneumonia |
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| 3 | 37.2 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; High suspicion for pneumonia |
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| 4 | 36.9 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; High suspicion for pneumonia |
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| 5 | 36.3 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; Probably VAP | |||
| 6 | 36.9 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; Probably VAP | |||
| 7 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; Pneumonia - staph aureus |
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| Subject - 5 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.2 | 52 | F | Rare amount of Candida albicans recovered | -- | -- | ARF; AP (possible pneumonia) | |
| 2 | 36.5 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; AP (possible pneumonia) | |||
| 3 | 36.8 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; AP (possible pneumonia) | |||
| 4 | 38.1 | Rare SEC; Many PMNs; Rare gram - bacilli |
Moderate amount of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered |
-- | ARF; AP (possible pneumonia) | |||
| Subject - 6 | ||||||||
| 1 | 37.6 | 72 | F | Rare SEC; Many PMNs; |
-- | -- | ARF; Left sided pneumothorax | |
| 2 | 36.6 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; Left sided pneumothorax | |||
| 3 | 37.3 | -- | -- | -- | ARF; Left sided pneumothorax | |||
LRC, Lower respiratory culture; SEC, Squamous epithelial cells; PMN, Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; PE, Pleural effusion; ARF, Acute respiratory failure; SE, Subcutaneous emphysema; BPI, Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates; BPn, Bilateral pneumonitis; PE, Pulmonary edema; AP, Aspisration pneumonia; PVC, Pulmonary vascular congestion; HL, Hyperinflated lungs; VAP, Ventilator-associated pneumonia; -- indicates data unavailable