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Table 1 Comparison of the clinical characteristics of the prolonged mechanical ventilation group and the non-prolonged mechanical ventilation group

From: Prediction of mechanical ventilation greater than 24 hours in critically ill obstetric patients: ten years of data from a tertiary teaching hospital in mainland China

Variables

Median [IQR] / no. (%)

 

Overall

PMV group

Non-PMV group

P value

Number

143

65

78

 

Age, years

31 (28–36)

31 (28–34)

31.5 (28–36)

0.226

BMI, kg/m2

27.8 (24.3–30.1)

27.0 (23.9–29.4)

28.3 (25.4–30.4)

0.178

Gestational weeks, weeks

34.9 (30.4–38)

34.2 (29.2–37.2)

35 (32–38)

0.157

APACHE II score

15 (14–18)

16 (14–20)

15 (13–18)

0.008

Causes of the admission of ICU, obstetric causes

90 (62.9%)

46 (70.8%)

44 (56.4%)

0.077

Estimated blood loss, L

1.1 (0.4–3.9)

2.8 (0.7–6.3)

0.7 (0.3–2.4)

< 0.001

Creatinine, μmol/L

60 (44–93)

88 (56–127)

51 (41–64)

< 0.001

AKI

63 (44.1%)

48 (73.9%)

15 (19.2%)

< 0.001

Troponin I, pg/mL

27 (4–183)

106 (32–321)

6 (2–30)

< 0.001

Myocardial injury

61 (42.7%)

47 (72.3%)

14 (18.0%)

< 0.001

TBIL, μmol/L

14.8 (9.5–27.4)

20.2 (11.1–39.2)

12.4 (8.3–22.6)

< 0.001

Albumin, g/L

26.3 (23–29.3)

25.3 (22.6–28.8)

26.7 (23.8–29.9)

0.121

BNP, pg/mL

368 (135–631)

539 (368–820)

194 (91–397)

< 0.001

WBC, × 109/L

13.6 (10.1–16.2)

13.2 (9.7–16.1)

13.7 (10.7–16.2)

0.557

Platelet, × 1012/L

74 (40–119)

66 (37–97)

88.5 (53.1–138)

0.026

pH

7.4 (7.4–7.5)

7.4 (7.4–7.5)

7.4 (7.4–7.5)

0.406

PaCO2, mmHg

31.9 (27.4–35)

33.3 (28.6–36.8)

30.6 (27–34)

0.008

Bicarbonate, mmol/L

22.3 (19.7–24.1)

23.1 (20.7–25.2)

21.2 (19.2–24.1)

0.071

PaO2/FiO2, mmHg

322.3 (223.5–441)

240 (173.3–318.3)

403.4 (319.8–501.5)

< 0.001

Lactate, mmol/L

1.4 (0.9–2.6)

1.8 (1.1–3.4)

1.2 (0.8–1.9)

0.002

  1. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile ranges, PMV prolonged mechanical ventilation, BMI body mass index, APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, ICU intensive care unit, AKI acute kidney injury, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, WBC white blood cell, TBIL total bilirubin, no. Number, PaCO2 arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide, PaO2/FiO2 the ratio of the arterial partial pressure of oxygen and the fraction of inspired oxygen