Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study
From: Peripheral tissue hypoperfusion predicts post intubation hemodynamic instability
Patients’ characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
Median age, years | 68 [57–77] |
Male gender | 71 (59) |
Median SAPS II | 47 [37–63] |
Median SOFA score | 6 [4–9] |
Indication for trachea intubation | |
Hypoxemia | 61 (51) |
Hypercapnia | 16 (13) |
Non-hypercapnic coma | 35 (29) |
Infection | |
No infection | 62 (52) |
Sepsis | 58 (48) |
Septic shock | 18 (16) |
Comorbidities | |
Cancer | 33 (28) |
Liver cirrhosis | 4 (3) |
Diabetes mellitus | 28 (24) |
Chronic kidney disease | 16 (13) |
Cardiovascular disease | 24 (20) |
Left ventricular ejection fraction before TI | |
> 50% | 87 (76) |
30–50% | 18 (16) |
< 30% | 10 (9) |
Right to left ventricular diameter ratio before TI | |
< 0.6 | 77 (66) |
0.6–0.9 | 32 (28) |
> 0.9 | 7 (6) |
Presence of paradoxical septum before TI | 7 (6) |