Table 1.

Characteristics, supportive care and outcomes of the patients. We express categorical variables as counts and percentages and non-normally distributed continuous variables as the median.

Patients
Number of patients	17
Age (years)	21–65 (31%)
Respiratory failure	17 (100%)
Respiratory support and mean duration (hours)
•MV	13 (76.4%) 193 h
•NIV	3 (17.6%) 46 h
Weaning strategy
•NIV	4 (23.5%)
•HFOT	8 (47%)
•Ambient air	1 (5.9%)
Most frequent comorbidities	Asthma Obesity High blood pressure
Outcomes
•Mean PICU stay (days)	9.8
•Complications	Pulmonary embolism (1 patient)
•Death	0 (0%)

MV, mechanical ventilation HFOT, high-flow oxygen therapy; NIV, non- invasive ventilation; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.