Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
Variable | All patients (n=140) |
---|---|
Age (yr) | 61.9±15.3 |
Sex, male | 72 (51.4) |
Height (cm) | 162.9±0.8 |
mNUTRIC score | 5.1±1.4 |
SAPS III score | 33.6±13.0 |
Mechanical ventilator (day) | 9.5 (4.0–18.0) |
Mechanical ventilator mode | |
PCV | 80 (57.1) |
PSIMV | 42 (30.0) |
PSV | 13 (9.3) |
CMV | 4 (2.9) |
SIMV | 1 (0.7) |
Primary diagnosis | |
Brain hemorrhage | 101 (72.1) |
Brain tumor | 25 (17.9) |
Other |
14 (10.0) |
NS ICU LOS (day) | 21.0 (11.2–33.7) |
Hospital LOS (day) | 39.5 (25.0–63.0) |
NS ICU-free (day) | 14.0 (0.0–33.5) |
Reason for NS ICU discharge | |
Inter-hospital transfer | 90 (64.3) |
Permanent care facility | 23 (16.4) |
Death | 27 (19.3) |
Surgery |
129 (92.1) |
Comorbidities |
106 (75.7) |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation, number (%), or median (25th–75th percentiles).
mNUTRIC = modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically ill; SAPS = Simplified Acute Physiology Score; PCV = pressure-targeted controlled mandatory ventilation; PSIMV = pressure-targeted synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation; PSV = pressure support ventilation; CMV = controlled mandatory ventilation; SIMV = synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation; NS ICU = neurosurgical intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay.
aCerebral infarction, hydrocephalus meningitis, hypoxic brain damage, infective spondylopathies.
bExtraventricular drainage, craniotomy, burr hole, Guglielmi detachable coils embolization, intracerebral hemorrhage/catheter insert, craniectomy, decompression, ventriculo-other shunt, cerebral aneurysm clipping, operation of arteriovenous malformation, closed thoracostomy, tracheostomy.
cHypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, cancer, and others.