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Table 2 Patient characteristics at ICU admission

From: Continuous control of tracheal cuff pressure for VAP prevention: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

 

Continuous control of P cuff

 

Yes (n = 263)

No (n = 280)

p value

Age, years, mean ± SD

61 ± 16

63 ± 15

0.141

APACHE II score

18 (13, 23)

18 (13, 23)

0.624

SOFA score

5 (3, 7)

5 (3, 8)

0.424

Male gender

177 (67)

172 (61)

0.181

Direct admission

86 (33)

86 (31)

>0.999

Cause for admissiona

 Cardiac surgery

23 (10)

26 (9)

0.944

 Cardiovascular failure

52 (20)

49 (17)

0.569

 Respiratory failure

98 (37)

104 (37)

>0.999

 Digestive failure

25 (9)

27 (10)

>0.999

 Neurologic failure

48 (18)

52 (18)

>0.999

 Others

18 (7)

24 (8)

0.554

Type of admission

0.868

 Surgical

57 (22)

62 (22)

 Medical

182 (69)

196 (70)

 Trauma

24 (9)

22 (8)

Diabetes mellitus

57 (22)

71 (25)

0.363

COPD

65 (25)

66 (23)

0.833

Chronic heart failure

48 (18)

43 (15)

0.431

Cirrhosis

22 (8)

16 (6)

0.298

Chronic renal failure

16 (6)

23 (8)

0.427

Immunosuppression

39 (15)

44 (16)

0.867

Study

0.828

 1

68 (26)

69 (25)

 

 2

61 (23)

61 (22)

 

 3

134 (51)

150 (53)

 
  1. Data are number (%), or median (IQR); unless otherwise specified
  2. APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment
  3. aSome patients had more than one cause for ICU admission