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Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort

From: The effect of pressure support on imposed work of breathing during paediatric extubation readiness testing

Variable

N (%) or median (IQR) N = 112

Male

67 (59.8%)

Weight (kg)

7.9 (4.6, 12.9)

Age

 

 Overall (years)

0.65 (0.22, 2.55)

 0–1 month

13 (11.6%)

 1–6 months

37 (33.0%)

 6–12 months

20 (17.9%)

 1–2 years

10 (8.9%)

 2–7 years

20 (17.9%)

 7–12 years

6 (5.4%)

 > 12 years

6 (5.4%)

Admission diagnosis

 

 Respiratory

49 (43.7%)

 Cardiac surgery

37 (33.0%)

 Other surgery

17 (15.2%)

 Haemodynamically

3 (2.7%)

 Neurologic

1 (0.9%)

 Other*

5 (4.5%)

Admission characteristics

 

 Admission time (days)

5.12 (2.24, 7.80)

 Ventilation time (days)

2.85 (1.00, 5.47)

 PRISM III

3.00 (1.00, 5.00)

 PIM II

− 3.77 (− 4.32, − 3.17)

  1. Data are shown as number (% of total) or median (interquartile range)
  2. *Trauma, intoxication, drowning and eating disorder