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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Mechanical ventilation in the ICU- is there a gap between the time available and time used for nurse-led weaning?

  

N

(%)

Median

Number of patients

Men

38

(56)

 
 

Women

30

(44)

 
 

All

68

(100)

 

Age (median)

Men

  

63

 

Women

  

59

 

All

  

63

Diagnosis*

ARF alone

22

( 32)

 
 

ARF plus trauma

15

( 22)

 
 

ARF plus septic shock

12

( 18)

 
 

ARF plus neuro-int.

19

( 28)

 
 

All

68

(100)

 

Diagnosis group

Medical patients

41

( 60)

 
 

Surgical patients

27

( 40)

 
 

All

68

(100)

 
  1. * ARF = mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours.
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1757-7241