Clinical Study
Is There Any Association between PEEP and Upper Extremity DVT?
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| Predictors | Mean ± SD or (%) |
| Age (years) | 57.58 ± 17.58 | Male gender | 57 (50.9) | BMI ≥ 40 (kg/m2) | 11 (11.6) | Atrial fibrillation | 9 (8) | Bedridden prior to admission | 12 (10.7) | CAD | 10 (8.9) | CHF | 12 (10.7) | COPD | 19 (17) | CVC/PICC | 89 (79.5) | DM | 44 (39.3) | ESRD | 13 (11.6) | Home anticoagulation | 34 (30.4) | INR on admission | 1.77 ± 2.25 | Malignancy | 15 (13.5) | Other lung disease | 11 (9.8) | Sepsis | 68 (60.7) | VTE in the past | 8 (7.2) | VTE thromboprophylaxis in hospital | 83 (74.1) | Duration of MV (days) | 13.20 ± 9.49 | Average PEEP over 7 days (cm H2O) | 7.13 ± 2.97 | Average PEEP over 3 days (cm H2O) | 7.10 ± 3.08 | Average PEEP over 7 days ≥10 cm H2O | 21 (18.8) | Average PEEP over 3 days ≥10 cm H2O | 23 (20.5) |
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BMI: body mass index, CAD: coronary artery disease, CHF: heart failure, COPD: chronic obstructive airway disease, CVC: central venous catheter, DM: diabetes mellitus, ESRD: end-stage renal disease, MV: mechanical ventilation, : number, PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure, PICC: peripherally inserted central catheter, SD: standard deviation, and VTE: venous thromboembolism.
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