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Table 2 Clinical characteristics during ICU management

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

Clinical characteristics

Intervention group

Control group

P -value

Number = 98

Number = 91

ARDS, yes

4 (4%)

2 (2%)

0.684

Antibiotic prophylaxis

43 (44%)

43 (47%)

0.645

NMB agents

13 (13%)

5 (5%)

0.116

Pentothal use, yes

39 (40%)

19 (21%)

0.005

Mannitol use, yes

49 (50%)

21 (23%)

<0.001

ICU length of stay, days

17 ± 13

11 ± 8

<0.001

Mortality, number (%)

23 (23%)

31 (34%)

0.107

  1. ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; ICU: intensive care unit; NMB: neuromuscular blocker.