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Table 2 Comparison of early tracheostomy and selective tracheostomy groups

From: Tracheostomy timing and the duration of weaning in patients with acute respiratory failure

 

Early tracheostomy (n = 21)

Selective tracheostomy (n = 53)

P value

Clinical characteristics

   

   Gender, male

15 (71%)

34 (64%)

0.55

   Age (years)

47 (33–58)

47 (34–55)

0.97

   Multiple trauma victim

17 (81%)

31 (59%)

0.07

   Traumatic brain injury (trauma patients as denominator)

14/17 (81%)

15/31(52%)

0.04

   Number of days from intubation to readiness-to-wean criteria

6 (4–7)

4 (3–7)

0.39

   Number of days from readiness-to-wean criteria to starting weaning

3 (1–4)

1 (0–2)

0.001

Clinical outcomes

   

   Number of days of mechanical ventilation

11 (9–26)

13 (8–21)

0.86

   Number of days weaning

3 (1–11)

6 (3–14)

0.06

   Tracheostomy

21 (100%)

25 (47%)

< 0.001

   Fatigue during weaning

7 (33%)

29 (55%)

0.10

   Pneumonia

3 (14%)

17 (32%)

0.12

   Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation

21 (100%)

47 (89%)

0.11

   Lived

21 (100%)

48 (91%)

0.15

  1. Continuous data are presented as medians (interquartile ranges). Categorical data are presented as number (percentage). The large percentage of males and the relatively young age reflect the number of trauma victims cared for in our intensive care unit.