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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of total cohort and patients with and without sVARI

From: Suspected ventilator-associated respiratory infection in severely ill patients: a prospective observational study

 

Total cohort (271)

No VARI (238)

Suspected VARI (77)

PaValue

ICU mortality number (%)

92 (34.1)

63(33.3)

29(37.7)

0.50

Median number of days on ventilator (IQR)

6 (4 to 12)

6(3 to 10)b

9(6 to 15)

0.0002

Median number of days in ICU (IQR)

12 (7 to 23)

11(7 to 20)

18(11 to 36)

<0.001

Median number of days in hospital (IQR)

39 (19 to 80)

34(16 to 69)

60(33 to 129)

<0.001

  1. aP value relates to patients with and without suspected VARI; b21 patients (11%) with missing data for vent days. IQR, interquartile range; VARI, ventilator-associated respiratory infection.
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