Table 1 Characteristics of HSCT patients with mechanical ventilation (n = 60)
|  | Mean ± S.D. or Number (%)a |
|---|---|
Age at transplantation, yrs. | 34.5 ± 10.3 |
Gender | |
   Male | 37 (61.6%) |
   Female | 23 (38.4%) |
Underlying disease | |
   ALL | 9 (15%) |
   AML | 14 (23.3%) |
   Aplastic anemia | 2 (3.3%) |
   CML | 12 (20%) |
   Multiple myeloma | 4 (6.7%) |
   MDS | 2 (3.3%) |
   Hodgkin's disease | 4 (6.7%) |
   Non Hodgkin's lymphoma | 8 (13.3%) |
   Other | 5 (8.3%) |
Type of transplantation | |
   Allo-PBSCT | 36 (60%) |
   Auto-PBSCT | 13 (21.7%) |
   Allo-BMT | 10 (16.7%) |
   Auto-BMT | 1 (1.7%) |
GVHD | |
   Yes | 31 |
   No | 15 |
APACHE II score | 24.5 ± 9.4 |
APACHE II > 25 (Patient number) | 27 |
SOFA score | 12 ± 3.7 |
Duration from HSCT to ICU, days | 106.4 ± 99.5 |