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Table 1 Patient characteristics at ICU admission

From: Incidence of airway complications in patients using endotracheal tubes with continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions

Characteristics

N:86

Age, mean ± SD

61 ± 14

Male (%)

55 (64)

Apache II, mean ± SD

18 ± 2

Reason for admission (%)

 

 Acute respiratory failure

22 (25.5)

 Neurological illness

18 (21.0)

 Severe sepsis or septic shock

14 (16.3)

 Shock

11 (12.7)

 Othera

21 (24.4)

Comorbidities (%)

 

 Diabetes

24 (28.0)

 Cardiovascular

21 (24.4)

 COPD

17 (19.7)

 Cancer

17 (19.7)

 Immunosuppression

13 (15.0)

 Chronic liver failure

8 (9.3)

 Chronic renal failure

5 (5.8)

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. aIntoxications, trauma, cardiac arrest, gastrointestinal bleeding