Table 2.
Intubation causes and medical diagnoses of study participants according to the ventilatory strategy for assist-control and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation modes
| Causes of intubation | Group A (SIMV + PSV) |
Group B (A/C) |
Total | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowered level of consciousness alone | 43 (28.5) | 64 (33.0) | 107 (31.0) | 0.717 |
| Respiratory causes alone | 46 (30.5) | 48 (24.7) | 94 (27.3) | |
| Cardiopulmonary arrest | 22 (14.6) | 24 (12.4) | 46 (13.3) | |
| Respiratory causes and lowered level of consciousness | 11 (7.3) | 12 (6.2) | 23 (6.7) | |
| Polytrauma or trauma | 7 (4.6) | 10 (5.2) | 17 (4.9) | |
| Others | 22 (14.6) | 36 (18.6) | 58 (16.8) | |
| Medical diagnosis | ||||
| Infection or sepsis | 32 (21.2) | 45 (23.2) | 77 (22.3) | NA |
| Non-surgical trauma | 26 (17.2) | 30 (15.5) | 56 (16.2) | |
| No definite diagnosis or diagnosis to clarify | 19 (12.6) | 27 (13.9) | 46 (13.3) | |
| Neurological or psychiatric disorders | 19 (12.6) | 21 (10.8) | 40 (11.6) | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 15 (9.9) | 20 (10.3) | 35 (10.1) | |
| Respiratory diseases | 12 (8.0) | 10 (5.2) | 22 (6.5) | |
| Not found | 5 (3.3) | 10 (5.2) | 15 (4.4) | |
| After cardiorespiratory arrest | 9 (7.0) | 4 (2.1) | 13 (3.8) | |
| Exogenous Poisoning | 4 (2.7) | 6 (3.1) | 10 (2.9) | |
| Shock | 3 (2.0) | 4 (2.1) | 7 (2.1) | |
| Endocrine and metabolic diseases | 2 (1.3) | 5 (2.6) | 7 (2.0) | |
| Gastrointestinal diseases | 1 (0.7) | 6 (3.1) | 7 (2.0) | |
Values expressed in absolute numbers and percentage [N (%)].Alpha = 0.05. Statistical analyses were performed by chi-square test
NA not applicable, SIMV + PSV synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation with pressure support ventilation, A/C assist-control ventilation