|
Hospital days before ICU admission
|
0 (0–3)
|
1 (0–6)
|
0.06
|
|
ICU days before intubation with study tubes
|
0 (0–2)
|
0 (0–3)
|
0.12
|
|
Ventilated patients before study tube insertion, n (%)
|
19 (11.3)
|
23 (14.8)
|
0.35
|
|
Ventilation days with conventional tubes before intubation with study tubes
|
0 (0–0)
|
0(0–0)
|
0.35
|
|
Ventilation days with study tubes
|
5 (3–9)
|
5 (3–8)
|
0.45
|
|
Reintubated patients, n (%)
|
24 (14.3)
|
26 (16.8)
|
0.54
|
|
Total ventilatory days
|
5.5 (3–11)
|
6 (3–10)
|
0.72
|
|
Length of ICU stay, days
|
11 (6–17)
|
11 (5–18)
|
0.79
|
|
Antibiotic days during study tube ventilation, n (%)
|
714 (66.7)
|
657 (73.5)
|
0.11
|
|
Antibiotic days during ICU stay, n (%)
|
1045 (57.9)
|
1072 (66.7)
|
0.06
|
|
Patients with other infections during ICU stay, n (%)
|
18 (10.7)
|
19 (12.3)
|
0.66
|
|
ICU mortality, n (%)
|
69 (41.1)
|
65 (41.9)
|
0.87
|
|
Hospital mortality, n (%)
|
84 (50.0)
|
80 (51.6)
|
0.77
|
