Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Aerosol delivery with two ventilation modes during mechanical ventilation: a randomized study
PSV (n = 8) | VCV (n = 9) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 56 ± 8 | 61 ± 11 | 0.254 |
Male, n (%) | 5 (62.5) | 4 (44.4) | |
Height (cm) | 169 ± 10 | 165 ± 11 | 0.441 |
Body weight (kg) | 74 ± 14 | 68 ± 21 | 0.431 |
Ideal body weight (kg) | 65 ± 10 | 59 ± 10 | 0.516 |
Smoker, n (%) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (33.3) | |
Surgery, n (%) | |||
Brain tumor resection | 3 (37.5) | 2 (22.2) | |
Embolization of intracranial unruptured aneurysm | 3 (37.5) | 0 | |
Neurosurgical clipping of a unruptured intracranial aneurysms | 1 (12.5) | 6 (66.7) | |
Stereotactic brain biopsy | 1 (12.5) | 0 | |
Vestibular schwannoma resection | 0 | 1 (11.1) | |
Lung function | |||
FEV1 (% predicted value) | 95 ± 16 | 97 ± 9 | 0.777 |
FVC (% predicted value) | 100 ± 19 | 101 ± 14 | 0.927 |
FEV1/FVC | 77 ± 5 | 79 ± 6 | 0.509 |