Table 1 |
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Demographic data of patients. |
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Dexamethasone group (n = 40) |
Placebo group (n = 40) |
P value |
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Age (years)a |
72.4 ± 14.7 |
72.7 ± 13.8 |
0.55 |
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Genderb |
0.66 |
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Female |
34 (85) |
32 (88) |
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Male |
6 (15) |
8 (12) |
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Body weight (kg)a |
58.6 ± 9.6 |
57.5 ± 10.6 |
0.68 |
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Height (cm)a |
155.8 ± 6.9 |
152.9 ± 7.3 |
0.10 |
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APACHE II scorea |
19.5 ± 2.9 |
21.5 ± 3.7 |
0.08 |
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Albumin (g/dl)a |
2.6 ± 0.6 |
2.5 ± 0.6 |
0.98 |
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Hemoglobin (g/dl)a |
9.7 ± 1.7 |
9.4 ± 1.3 |
0.30 |
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Internal diameter of endotracheal tubeb |
0.14 |
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6.5 or 7 mm |
5 (12) |
4 (10) |
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7.5 or 8.0 mm |
35 (88) |
36 (90) |
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Intubation time (hours)a |
167.3 ± 48.1 |
158.5 ± 49.0 |
0.95 |
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Reason for intubationb |
0.94 |
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Pneumonia |
11 (28) |
9 (23) |
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Sepsis |
4 (10) |
5 (13) |
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Heart failure |
4 (10) |
5 (13) |
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
2 (5) |
3 (8) |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
5 (13) |
4 (10) |
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Asthma |
0 |
1 (3) |
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Other |
14 (35) |
13 (33) |
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Glasgow Coma Scale score |
0.65 |
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3–8 |
11 |
10 |
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9–12 |
14 |
11 |
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13–15 |
15 |
19 |
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aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation; bdata are presented as number of patients (percentage of patients). APACHE II, Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation II. |
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Lee et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R72 doi:10.1186/cc5957 |
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