Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients
From: Physiological effects of high-flow oxygen in tracheostomized patients
No. of patients | 26 |
Age, years | 57 [48–71] |
Female sex, no. (%) | 4 (15) |
Height, cm | 175 [168–180] |
Body weight, kg | 75 [70–85] |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25 [24–28] |
SAPS II | 46 [41–60] |
Patients with history of COPD, no. (%) | 5 (19) |
ICU admission, no. (%) | |
Medical | 12 (46) |
Surgical | 7 (27) |
Trauma | 7 (27) |
Cause of prolonged need for mechanical ventilation, no (%) | |
Respiratory failure | 8 (31) |
Traumatic brain injury | 7 (27) |
Non-traumatic brain injury | 11 (42) |
Length of mechanical ventilation before enrollment, days | 11 [8–13] |
Glasgow coma scale at enrollment | 10 [6–15] |
PaO2/FiO2 during standard oxygen, mmHga | 238 [197–311] |
Tracheal cannula inner diameter, mm | 9 [8.5–10] |
Tracheal cannula external diameter, mm | 12.3 [12.3–12.3] |
Length of ICU stay, days | 20 [14–26] |
In-ICU mortality, no. (%) | 3 (12) |