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Table 2 Subject backgrounds

From: Lung-thorax compliance measured during a spontaneous breathing trial is a good index of extubation failure in the surgical intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

 

Total

Success

Failure

p value

n = 173

n = 162

n = 11

Sex, n (%)

 Male

114 (65.9)

107 (66.1)

7 (63.6)

0.553

 Female

59 (34.1)

55 (34.0)

4 (36.4)

0.696

Age (mean ± SD)

68.2 ± 12.8

68.2 ± 12.9

69.3 ± 11.7

0.854

Surgery, n (%)

170 (98.3)

160 (98.8)

10 (90.9)

0.179

 Cardiac

90 (52.0)

86 (53.1)

4 (36.4)

0.519

 Craniocervical

34 (19.7)

34 (21.0)

0 (0.0)

0.215

 Gastrointestinal

16 (9.2)

13 (8.0)

3 (27.3)

0.064

 Vascular

14 (8.1)

11 (6.8)

3 (27.3)

0.031

 Other surgery

16 (9.2)

16 (9.9)

0 (0.0)

0.601

Others, n (%)

3 (1.7)

2 (1.2)

1 (9.1)

0.989

Emergency surgery, n (%)

14 (8.1)

13 (8.0)

1 (9.1)

0.616

Ventilation period, min (mean ± SD)

1694 ± 3058

1651 ± 3011

2330 ± 3797

0.516

SBT times (median ± SD)

1 ± 1.8

1 ± 1.7

2 ± 2.9

0.158

WOB*, J/L (mean ± SD)

0.77 ± 0.27

0.76 ± 0.26

0.99 ± 0.41

0.015

HFNC, n (%)

123 (71.1)

112 (69.1)

11 (100)

0.026

NPPV, n (%)

3 (1.7)

0 (0.0)

3 (27.3)

0.0002

  1. The Mann-Whitney U test and Fischer’s exact test were applied. *WOB is a calculated estimate
  2. SBT spontaneous breathing trial, WOB work of breathing, HFNC high-flow nasal cannula, NPPV non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation