Table 2 Demographics and clinical characteristics of the patients
From: Seawater drowning-associated pneumonia: a 10-year descriptive cohort in intensive care unit
Characteristic | N = 74 |
|---|---|
At admission | |
Age, years | 68 (51–77) |
Male sex—no. (%) | 48 (65) |
Initial cardiac arrest—no. (%) | 30 (41) |
Drowning grade | 5 (3–6) |
In the ICU | |
Early pneumonia—no. (%) | 36 (49) |
Patients receiving antibiotics during the first 48 h—no (%) | 44 (59) |
Respiratory samples collected within the first 48 h—no. (%) | 24 (32) |
Positive respiratory samples collected within the first 48 h—no. (%) | 16 (22) |
Pneumonia treated empirically with AMC—no. (% of 36) | 34 (94) |
Appropriate empirical treatment within the first 48 h—no. (% of 16) | 8 (50) |
ARDS—no. (%) | 25 (34) |
SAPS2 score | 45 (30–65) |
Invasive mechanically ventilated patients—no. (%) | 51 (69) |
Duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 1 (0–4) |
Length of stay, days | 3 (2–7) |
Mortality rate in the ICU—no. (%) | 19 (26) |