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Table 2 A comparison patient data of survivors versus non-survivors of kyphoscoliosis patients in the ICU

From: Management of kyphoscoliosis patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit and during long term follow up

 

Survivors, n = 53

Non-survivors, n = 9

p

Gender, male/female

29/24

4/5

0.72

Age, years

51 (45–64)

62 (45–70)

0.49

APACHE II, median(IQR)

15 (12–19)

16 (14–19)

0.26

pH on admission, median(IQR)

7.37 (7.30-7.40)

7.29 (7.28-7.31)

0.02

PaCO2 on admission, median(IQR)

69.0 (60.1-80.8)

80.0 (73.0-83.0)

0.10

PaO2/FiO2, median(IQR)

195 (147–275)

161 (145–189)

0.08

IMV, n (%)

11 (20.8)

7 (77.8)

0.02

NIV, n (%)

48 (90.6)

7 (77.8)

0.26

Sepsis on admission, n (%)

19 (35.8)

7 (77.8)

0.028

Septic shock on admission, n (%)

4 (7.5)

4 (44.4)

0.012

Length of stay in ICU, day

8 (5–14)

13 (8–18)

0.40

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile ratio; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; PaCO2, partial arterial carbondioxide pressure; PaO2, partial arterial oxygen pressure; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; NIV, non-invasive mechanical ventilation.
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