Subjects | 40 | 158 | |
Male/female | 21/19 | 108/50 | 0.158 |
Age years | 64.74±13.78 | 60.99±15.52 | 0.780 |
Medical/surgical cause of critical illness | 30/10 | 87/71 | 0.048 |
Charlson index | 1.97±1.34 | 1.45±1.61 | 0.153 |
APACHE II | 14.00±3.55 | 11.81±5.51 | 0.037 |
Intensive care stay days | 43.25±20.32 | 40.40±29.75 | 0.850 |
Mechanical ventilation in intensive care days | 34.81±18.45 | 35.96±20.69 | 0.606 |
Respiratory care unit stay days | 58.97±38.09 | 51.73±31.20 | 0.275 |
Weaning time at respiratory care unit days | 29.00±17.56 | 23.77±16.42 | 0.211 |
1-year mortality % | 12.1 | 12.8 | 0.876 |
Pressure support on mechanical ventilation cmH2O | 20.34±1.03 | 21±0.92 | 0.876 |
PEEP cmH2O | 4.32±0.01 | 4.93±0.02 | 0.765 |
Back-up respiratory rate on mechanical ventilation breaths·min−1 | 13.21±0.93 | 14.01±0.23 | 0.854 |
pH | 7.38±0.06 | 7.35±0.09 | 0.055 |
PaO2 mmHg | 94.87±27.76 | 99.31±61.46 | 0.628 |
PaCO2 mmHg | 50.32±10.33 | 43.95±8.56 | 0.004 |
FIO2 | 0.38±0.7 | 0.37±0.16 | 0.437 |
Leukocytes per L | 9968.18±2685.28 | 10 042.29±3832.71 | 0.975 |
Neutrophils % | 72.05±12.53 | 75.92±11.12 | 0.233 |
Haemoglobin g·dL−1 | 9.70±1.62 | 9.54±1.46 | 0.777 |
Haematocrit % | 29.09±5.24 | 28.95±4.50 | 0.963 |
Platelets per L | 284 454.54±0.01 | 307 065.57±0.01 | 0.461 |
Sodium mmol·L−1 | 138.86±5.87 | 138.36±4.53 | 0.763 |
Potassium mmol·L−1 | 4.10±0.54 | 4.03±0.56 | 0.476 |
Blood urea nitrogen mg·dL−1 | 55.86±49.58 | 47.90±30.17 | 0.512 |
Creatinine mg·dL−1 | 0.84±0.76 | 0.70±0.45 | 0.443 |
Serum albumin g·dL−1 | 3.10±0.65 | 3.02±0.55 | 0.550 |
C-reactive protein mg·L−1 | 38.06±39.70 | 57.12±54.38 | 0.132 |