Research Article

Diagnostic Performance of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia of Patients with Ischemic Stroke

Table 1

Characteristics of the study groups (mean ± SD/%/IQR).

CharacteristicsAll patients ()Patients with VAP ()Patients without VAP ()p

Age, yrs70.27 ± 11.4369.39 ± 10.8470.89 ± 11.360.447
Male gender, (%)63 (47.7)37 (48.7)26 (46.4)0.861
Previous medical illness
 Cardiovascular disease, (%)70 (53.03)39 (51.31)31 (55.35)0.725
 Cerebrovascular disease, (%)41 (31.06)23 (30.26)18 (32.14)0.851
Position of stroke
 TACI, (%)48 (36.36)29 (38.16)19 (33.93)0.715
 POCI, (%)84 (63.64)47 (61.84)37 (66.07)0.715
Smoking history39 (29.55)24 (31.58)15 (26.78)0.571
Hypoproteinemia32 (24.24)17 (22.37)15 (26.79)0.682
APACHE II17.92 ± 4.9418.21 ± 5.4817.52 ± 4.880.442
GCS5.71 ± 2.275.82 ± 2.355.69 ± 2.780.085
mCPIS3.42 ± 1.453.37 ± 1.283.45 ± 1.610.751
PO2/FiO2 (mmHg)112.67 ± 50.11115.75 ± 48.58108.92 ± 52.780.443

TACI, total anterior circulation infarcts; POCI, posterior circulation infarcts; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; mCPIS, modified clinical pulmonary infection score.