Factors Predicting Ventilator Dependence in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Table 1

Initial admitting diagnosis in VAP^a survivors.

	Initial admitting diagnosis	Case No^a
	Community-acquired pneumonia	4
	Health-care associated pneumonia	10
	COPD^a with acute exacerbation	12
	Congestive heart failure with acute pulmonary edema	11
	Acute myocardial infarction	5
	Acute stroke	5
	Upper gastrointestinal bleeding	6
Medical diagnosis	Uremia	8
	Terminal malignancy	3
	Urinary tract infection	6
	Skin infection	3
	CNS^a infection	3
	L-spine^a compression fracture	1
	Decompensated liver cirrhosis with massive ascites	1
	Organophosphate intoxication	1
	Total	79
	Head injury with intracerebral hemorrhage	5
Surgical diagnosis	Hollow organ perforation	3
	C-spine^a injury	2
	Benign prostate hyperplasia	1
	Total	11

^aCNS: Central nervous system, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, C-spine: cervical spine, L-spine: lumbar spine, No: number.