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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data

From: Morbidity and mortality related to pneumonia and TRACHEOBRONCHITIS in ICU after lung transplantation

Variable

Total population (n = 175)

Patients without BRI (n = 14)

Patients with BRI (n = 161)

*p

patients with pneumonia (n = 34)

Patients with tracheobronchitis without any episode of pneumonia (n = 127)

*p

Age, year, median [IQR]

57 [50–60]

60 [55–63]

57 [50–60]

0.016

56 [50–59]

57 [49–60]

0.84

Male gender, n (%)

118 (67)

6 (42)

112 (69)

0.07

24 (71)

88 (69)

1

Underlying lung disease, n (%)

 Emphysema/COPD

70 (40)

5 (36)

65 (40)

0.78

14 (41)

51 (40)

1

 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

66 (38)

7(50)

59 (37)

0.39

9 (27)

50 (39)

0.23

 Other

39 (22)

2 (14)

37 (23)

0.74

11 (32)

26 (21)

0.17

Transplantation type, n (%)

 Single lung

125 (71)

13 (92)

112 (69)

0.07

20 (59)

92 (72)

0.4

 Double

50 (29)

1 (8)

49 (31)

0.1

14 (41)

35 (28)

0.14

 SAPS II, median [IQR]

35 [29–42]

32 [28–36]

35 [29–42]

0.34

37 [32–48]

35 [28–42]

0.09

 SOFA

5 [3–8]

4 [3–6]

5 [3–8]

0.41

7 [4–10]

5 [3–7]

0.06

 ECLS, n (%)

30 (17)

2 (14)

28 (17)

0.76

12 (35)

16 (13)

0.004

 Primary graft dysfunction, n (%)

12 (7)

1 (7)

11 (7)

0.96

2 (6)

9 (7)

0.06

 Donor colonization prior to LT, n (%)

47 (42)

3 (21)

44 (27)

0.76

9 (47)

35 (42)

0.8

 One micro-organism

39 (83)

2 (67)

37 (84)

0.4

8 (89)

29 (83)

1

 More than one micro-organism

8 (17)

1 (33

7 (16)

0.4

1 (11)

6 (17)

1

 Recipient colonization prior to LT, n (%)

55 (38)

8 (61)

47 (36)

0.08

10 (34)

37 (36)

1

 One micro-organism

35 (64)

6 (75)

29 (62)

0.7

6 (60)

23 (62)

1

 More than one micro-organism

20 (36)

2 (25)

18 (38)

0.7

4 (40)

14 (38)

1

  1. A *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. LT = lung transplantation; COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECLS = extracorporeal lung support; MV = mechanical ventilation; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPSII = Simplified Acute Physiology Score