However, the use of active heat moisture exchangers should be restricted in patients with variable minute ventilation or in presence of thickened secretions or hypothermia.
Because an AH greater than 30 mgH2O/l is not necessary in the majority of mechanically ventilated patients, we believe that active HMEs are useful only in those patients with variable minute ventilation or with thickened secretions when passive HMEs have failed or when moderate hypothermia is present.
Simultaneous quantile regression was used to identify the degree of homogeneity in the effect of demographic independent variables, minutes per week of moderate PA, and hours per day spent watching television on BMI classification.
The primary outcome variables, minutes of PA (aerobic) per week and average number of sessions/exercises per week (resistance) will be assessed using an adapted version [ 44] of the validated Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ) [ 45].
Each time event is given by three variables, hour, minute, and second of the day.
Our ICU is equipped with a patient data management system (PDMS) (CareSuite; Picis Inc., Wakefield, MA, USA) capable of electronically storing hemodynamic variables, including all single thermodilution calibrations, and ventilatory variables minute-by-minute.
However, overall the duration of attacks was variable, few minutes to few hours (up to 5 h).
To gauge the predictors of patient care and educational aspects of rounds, we performed multivariable regression analysis using a generalized estimating equation (GEE) methodology for two outcome variables: bedside minutes per patient and education minutes.
For the agitation indication, all EEG-derived variables 2 minutes before drug administration, sedation levels (RS Sscore) and the blood pressure differed in comparison with the other indications (P < 0.001; Table 3).
13 We therefore created a binary variable (<1000 MET minutes per week, ≥1000 MET minutes per week) as an approximate guide as to whether participants were meeting this guideline.
