Table 1.

Demographics

Case	Age (yr)/sex	BMI (kg/m2)	Diagnosis	Cause of MV	Duration of MV (hr)	ICUD (day)	APACHE II score	SOFA score
#1	68/Male	21.3	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	Postoperative respiratory care	166	6	26	5
#2	79/Male	18.3	Spinal stenosis	Aspiration pneumonia	214	12	21	2
#3	64/Male	23.9	Renal stone	Fluid overload	131	6	23	2
#4	48/Male	21.8	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	ARDS	544	26	9	4
#5	72/Male	23.8	Upper gastrointestinal bleeding	Hypovolemic shock	117	4	30	7
#6	53/Male	23.8	Tonsillar cancer	Postoperative respiratory care	32	1	19	0
#7	56/Female	21.2	Oral cavity cancer	Postoperative respiratory care	45	2	22	2
#8	63/Male	25.8	Hepatocellular carcinoma	Aspiration pneumonia	392	64	46	4
#9	31/Female	28.6	Postpartum bleeding	Fluid overload	28	3	24	2
#10	82/Female	27.3	Renal cell cancer rupture	Pulmonary edema	383	18	32	2

BMI: body mass index; MV: mechanical ventilation; ICUD: duration of intensive care unit stay; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.