Table 3 Clinical outcomes of included patients
|  | Overall (n = 107) | Successful extubation (n = 50) | Unsuccessful extubation (n = 57) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Weaning success, n (%) | 84 (78.5) | 50 (100.0) | 34 (59.6) |  < 0.001 |
Patients tracheotomized, n (%) | 51 (47.7) | 0 (0.0) | 51 (89.5) |  < 0.001 |
Time to tracheostomy, days | 6 [3, 9] | – | 6 [3, 9] | – |
Duration of MV, days | 5 [2, 18] | 2 [1, 2] | 16 [9, 30] |  < 0.001 |
VFDs by day 7, days | 1 [0, 5] | 5 [5, 6] | 0 [0, 0] |  < 0.001 |
VFDs by day 14, days | 8 [0, 12] | 12 [12, 13] | 0 [0, 0] |  < 0.001 |
VFDs by day 28, days | 22 [1, 26] | 26 [26, 27] | 4 [0, 14] |  < 0.001 |
Incidence of VAP, n (%) | 23 (21.5) | 4 (8.0) | 19 (33.3) | 0.003 |
Hospital survival, n (%) | 97 (90.7) | 49 (98.0) | 46 (80.7) | 0.035 |
LOS of ICU, days | 10 [3, 22] | 3 [1, 6] | 19 [12, 30] |  < 0.001 |
LOS of hospital, days | 19 [13, 31] | 15 [12, 24] | 25 [15, 35] | 0.010 |