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Table 5 Mechanical ventilation time and weaning duration in the two weaning protocols

From: Smart Care™ versus respiratory physiotherapy–driven manual weaning for critically ill adult patients: a randomized controlled trial

 

Weaning mode

p Value

Respiratory physiotherapy–driven

SmartCare™ group

Mechanical ventilation time (days), median (IQR)

3.5

(2.0–7.3)

4.1

(2.7–7.1)

0.467

Weaning duration (min), median (IQR)

60.0

(50.0–80.0)

110.0

(80.0–130)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviation: IQR interquartile range