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Table 2 General hospital data

From: Early prediction of hospital outcomes in patients tracheostomized for complex mechanical ventilation weaning

  

Study population

 

Favourable outcome

 

Poor outcome

 
 

N

 

N

 

N

 

p value

ICU stay duration, days

80

29.5 [20–44]

50

28.5 [21–45]

30

29.5 [20–43]

0.82

Tertiary hospital stay duration, days

80

55 [43–78]

50

57 [46–90]

30

49 [37–64]

0.02

Days free of MV at day 30, days

72

3.7 [0–12]

47

5 [0–12]

25

0.8 [0–12]

0.71

Days free of MV at day 60, days

72

32.9 [20–41]

47

35 [23–42]

25

29.9 [1–37]

0.11

Intubation to cannula ablation during or after acute care hospital stay, days

54

42 [35–58]

49

40 [34–48]

5

76 [61–144]

 < 0.01

ICU-acquired weakness diagnosis, n. (%)

80

20 (25%)

50

13 (26%)

30

7 (23. 3%)

0.79

With MRC score < 48/60, n. (%)

80

17 (21.3%)

50

11 (22%)

30

6 (20%)

1

With EMNG/high clinical suspicion, n. (%)

80

3 (3.8%)

50

2 (4%)

30

1 (3.3%)

1

MRC score value

17

20 [0.5–32.5]

11

20 [0–33]

6

17.5 [5.3–35.5]

0.9

  1. ICU intensive care unit, MV mechanical ventilation, MRC medical research council sum score, EMG electromyography
  2. #p value calculated using T test or Mann–Whitney test for continuous data and Fisher’s exact test for categorical data