Effect of a fever control protocol-based strategy on ventilator-associated pneumonia in severely brain-injured patients

Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Baseline characteristics	Intervention group	Control group	P -value
Baseline characteristics	Number = 98	Number = 91	P -value
Age	45 (25 to 57)	53 (27 to 66)	0.022
Gender (male)	72 (73%)	64 (70%)	0.631
BMI	25 ± 4	24 ± 5	0.123
Reason for admission			0.012
TBI	64 (65%)	61 (67%)
SAH	27 (28%)	13 (14%)
ICH	7 (7%)	17 (19%)
Smoking	38 (39%)	23 (25%)	0.048
Positive alcohol test	11 (11%)	14 (15%)	0.399
Lung contusion	28 (29%)	17 (19%)	0.111
GCS	6 (3 to 8)	6 (3 to 7)	0.338
SAPS II	49 ± 11	53 ± 14	0.013

BMI: body mass index; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; ICH: intracranial hemorrhage; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; TBI: traumatic brain injury.

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