Characteristics of the patients participating in this study
| Patient reference* | Sex | Age (years) | Diagnosis at admission | Time in hospital prior to admission to critical care (days) | Prior intubation time at recruitment (days) | Antibiotic therapy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 53 | Sepsis | 2 | 2 | Y |
| 2 | F | 61 | Urosepsis | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | M | 70 | Pneumonia/ pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) | 4 | 2 | Y |
| 5 | M | 43 | Substance overdose/ aspiration pneumonia | 0 | 2 | N |
| 6 | F | 55 | Respiratory failure | 0 | 2 | N |
| 7 | F | 37 | Aneurysm | 8 | 3 | Y |
| 8 | F | 26 | Ventricular fibrillation arrest postpartum | 0 | 9 | Y |
| 9 | F | 64 | Respiratory failure | 3 | 1 | Y |
| 10 | F | 68 | Head injury | 1 | 0 | N |
| 11 | F | 55 | Urinary sepsis | 4 | 1 | Y |
| 13 | M | 52 | Respiratory/renal failure | 3 | 4 | Y |
| 14 | M | 29 | Head injury | 0 | 0 | N |
| 16 | F | 64 | Type 2 respiratory failure | 0 | 12 | Y |
| 17 | M | 55 | Respiratory failure | 1 | 8 | Y |
| 19 | M | 45 | Sepsis and respiratory failure | 16 | 7 | Y |
| 20 | F | 23 | Alcoholic liver disease and pneumonia | 10 | 0 | Y |
| 21 | M | 32 | Cardiac arrest | 0 | 4 | N |
| 24 | F | 44 | Sepsis | 3 | 1 | Y |
| 25 | F | 49 | Cardiogenic shock | 0 | 3 | Y |
| 27 | M | 39 | Type 1 respiratory failure | 1 | 5 | Y |
| 28 | M | 52 | Septic shock | 13 | 0 | Y |
*Twenty-one patients contributed to the study.
F, female; M, male; N, no; NA, data not available; Y, yes.