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Table 3 Outcome comparison

From: Practising evidence-based medicine: the design and implementation of a multidisciplinary team-driven extubation protocol

   

Duration of

Duration of

 
  

Extubation after

mechanical ventilation

ICU stay

 

Group

n

first SBT (%)

(days; mean ± SD)

(days; mean ± SD)

Reintubation (n [%])

Protocol group

47

83

6.7 ± 6.5

9.3 ± 8.2

5 (10.6)

Historical group

183

-

6.2 ± 7.0

7.2 ± 8.5

23 (17.4)

Esteban et al. [17]

205

86

-

12

38 (18.5)

Ely et al. [7]

149

75.8

4.5

8

5 (3)

Ely et al. [8]

1167

75.4

6

9

149 (14)

Kollef et al. [6]

179

-

2.9 ± 5.2

-

23 (12.8)

  1. ICU = intensive care unit; SBT = spontaneous breathing test.
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