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Baseline characteristics in the study patients |
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| Physiological parameters |
Protocol-directed weaning group (cases) |
Physician-directed weaning group (controls) |
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| Patients (n) |
104 |
104 |
| Male sex (n [%]) |
62 (60) |
62 (60) |
| Age (years; mean ± SD) |
57 ± 18 |
56 ± 18 |
| SAPS II (mean ± SD) |
49 ± 18 |
49 ± 18 |
| Admission diagnosis (n [%]) |
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| Medicine |
54 (52) |
63 (61) |
| Surgery |
25 (24) |
20 (19) |
| Neurosurgery |
19 (18) |
16 (15) |
| COPD |
6 (6) |
5 (5) |
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Matching was successful for all parameters, and patients' physiological parameters were similar between groups. Admission diagnoses were similarly distributed between groups. COPD, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SD, standard deviation. | ||
Tonnelier et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R83 doi:10.1186/cc3030 |
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