Research Article
Immediate Hemodynamic Responses to Transcutaneous Electrical Diaphragmatic Stimulation in Critically Ill Elderly Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of the studied sample.
| | Variables | Values |
| | Demographic data | | | Age (years) | | | Sex (male) | 33 (70.2%) | | Body composition | | | Weight (kg) | | | Height (cm) | | | Clinical conditions requiring hospitalization | | | Cardiac diseases | | | Acute heart failure | 6 (12.8%) | | Acute myocardial infarction | 4 (8.51%) | | Lung diseases | | | COPD exacerbation | 5 (10.6%) | | Asthma exacerbation | 5 (10.6%) | | Neurological diseases | | | Stroke | 3 (6.38%) | | Spinal cord injury | 3 (6.38%) | | Sepsis | 9 (19.2%) | | Postoperative state after cardiac surgery | 7 (14.9%) | | Postoperative state after abdominal surgery | 5 (10.6%) |
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Results expressed as the or number (%). |
