Table 1 Study patient characteristics
From: Operational evaluation of the earlobe arterialized blood collector in critically ill patients
Patients | 55 |
Male | 40 (72.7%) |
Age | 63 (24–83) |
Arterial hypertension | 23 (41.8%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 19 (34.5%) |
Chronic cardiac failure | 4 (7.3%) |
Severe vasculopathy | 4 (7.3%) |
Renal insufficiency | 5 (9.1%) |
Diagnostic at ICU admission | |
Severe sepsis | 21 (38.1%) |
Respiratory failure | 7 (12.7%) |
Severe trauma | 7 (12.7%) |
Neurological | 6 (10.8%) |
Cardiogenic shock | 5 (9.1%) |
Miscellaneous | 9 (16%) |