Number of subjects
|
50
|
50
|
19
|
19
|
71
|
58
|
Age (mean ± SD), years
|
42 ± 20
|
37 ± 21
|
54.8 (18.0)a
|
54.6 (17.7)a
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56 ± 19
|
59 ± 16
|
Male gender, n (%)
|
34 (68%)
|
40 (80%)
|
13 (68.4%)
|
12 (63.2%)
|
48 (67.6%)
|
43 (74.1%)
|
Glasgow Coma Scale (mean ± SD)
|
7.5 ± 2.4
|
8.0 ± 1.8
|
5 (3–7)a
|
5 (4–7)a
|
5 ± 2
|
5 ± 2
|
APACHE II (mean ± SD)
|
14 ± 5
|
13 ± 5
|
20 (17–24)a
|
22 (18–23)a
|
17 ± 7
|
18 ± 7
|
Early VAP, n (%)
|
8 (16%)
|
18 (36%)
|
4 (21%)
|
11 (57.8%)
|
2 (2.8%)
|
13 (22.4%)
|
Late VAP, n (%)
|
4 (8%)
|
7 (14%)
|
10 (episodes)
|
9 (episodes)
|
6.5 (incidence/1000 days MV)
|
5.3 (incidence/1000 days MV)
|
Total VAP, n (%)
|
12 (24%)
|
25 (50%)
|
14 (episodes)
|
20 (episodes)
|
10.8 (incidence/1000 days MV)
|
28.4 (incidence/1000 days MV)
|
Duration of mechanical ventilation (mean ± SD), days
|
4.6 ± 1.5
|
4.4 ± 2.1
|
9.9 (6.9)a
|
10.6 (9.4)a
|
6.4 ± 6.5
|
9.7 ± 9.6
|
ICU LOS (mean ± SD), days
|
13 ± 8
|
16 ± 11
|
12.8 (8.7)a
|
12.6 (9.7)a
|
9.7 ± 9.8
|
14.9 ± 13.9
|
Hospital LOS (mean ± SD), days
|
27 ± 16
|
28 ± 13
|
Not informed
|
Not informed
|
17.5 ± 17.7
|
23.5 ± 24.3
|
ICU mortality, n (%)
|
10 (20%)
|
7 (14%)
|
7 (36.8%)
|
8 (42.1%)
|
21 (29.6%)
|
18 (31%)
|