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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients on admission to the ICU and pre-HFOV

From: The initial Mayo Clinic experience using high-frequency oscillatory ventilation for adult patients: a retrospective study

 

First 24 hours

Pre-HFOV

Predicted APACHE II hospital mortality (%)

83 (49–92)

 

APACHE II score

35 (23–40)

35 (33–38)*

SOFA score

12 (8–18)

15 (10–16)†

PaO2/FIO2

80 (32)

73 (20)‡

Multiorgan failure (number of patients)

11

14

  1. Data is presented as mean (SD) or median (25th – 75th percentiles).
  2. * P = 0.18, † P = 0.07, ‡ P= 0.81, using Wilcoxon signed rank test.
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BMC Emergency Medicine

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