Clinical Study

Sequential Oxygenation Index and Organ Dysfunction Assessment within the First 3 Days of Mechanical Ventilation Predict the Outcome of Adult Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Failure

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients.

Characteristics

Age (years)72.14 (15.77)
Gender ( (%))
 Male58 (58)
 Female42 (42)
Hospital duration (days)38.1 (30.5)
Hospital mortality ( (%)) 38 (38)
SOFA* score on admission4.71 (2.71)
APACHE* II score25.82 (6.74)
Source ( (%))
 Emergency department55 (55)
 Hospital ward38 (38)
 Other ICU* or other hospitals7 (7)
Previous MICU* admission ( (%))30 (30)
Comorbidities ( (%))
 Congestive heart failure10 (10)
 Hypertension62 (62)
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease22 (22)
 Pulmonary tuberculosis9 (9)
 CRF* with tracheostomy11 (11)
 Liver cirrhosis10 (10)
 Chronic kidney disease19 (19)
 Diabetes mellitus35 (35)
 Cerebrovascular accident30 (30)
 Hepatitis B6 (6)
 Hepatitis C4 (4)
 Cancer history22 (22)
Respiratory and ventilator parameters
 Fi day1 0.58 (0.21)
 Pa day 1 (mmHg)140.46 (88.21)
 PEEP* day 1 (cmH2O)5.55 (2.63)
 mPaw* day 1 (cmH2O)11.99 (3.23)
 PaO2/FiO2 day 1 (mmHg)267.95 (181.11)
 OI* day 1 (cmH2O/mmHg)7.06 (6.01)
 FiO2 day 30.43 (0.16)
 PaO2 day 3 (mmHg)109.79 (32.84)
 PEEP day 3 (cmH2O)5.8 (2.65)
 mPaw day 3 (cmH2O)11.46 (3.02)
 PaO2/FiO2 day 3 (mmHg)287.92 (116.3)
 OI day 3 (cmH2O/mmHg)5.74 (5.82)
 OI change from day 1 to day 3−1.31 (6.34)

 *APACHE: Acute Physiological Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation, CRF: chronic respiratory failure, FiO2: fraction inspired oxygen, ICU: intensive care unit, MICU: medical intensive care unit, mPaw: mean airway pressure, OI: oxygenation index, PaO2: arterial oxygen tension, PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
Variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation) and categorical data are expressed as number (percentage).