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Table 4 Lengths of stay and ICU mortality

From: Risk factors and outcomes for prolonged versus brief fever: a prospective cohort study

  

Fever

 
 

No fever

(n = 142)

≤ 5 days

(n = 278)

> 5 days

(n = 87)

P

Lengths of stay, days

    

   ICU

5 ± 4

10 ± 9

27 ± 24

< 0.001

   Hospital

25 ± 30

27 ± 27

53 ± 42

< 0.001

ICU mortality

18 (13)

53 (19)

13 (15)

0.38

  1. Comparisons are given between a fever of ≤ 5 and > 5 days. Quantitative and qualitative values are expressed as mean (SD) and n (%), respectively. ICU, intensive care unit.