Nurse-performed screening for postextubation dysphagia: a retrospective cohort study in critically ill medical patients

Table 2 Patient outcomes

Outcomes	Phase I (n = 281)	Phase II (n = 187)	Univariate P value	Multivariate ratio^a,b (95 % CI)	Multivariate P value^a
Oral feeding on ICU discharge, n (%)	173 (61.6)	144 (77.0)	0.001*	2.11 (1.37–3.25)	0.001*
Pneumonia postextubation, n (%)	45 (16.1)	15 (8.0)	0.011*	0.41 (0.22–0.77)	0.006*
Reintubation, n (%)	11 (3.9)	13 (7.0)	0.198	1.65 (0.71–3.87)	0.246
Readmission to ICU, n (%)	15 (5.3)	19 (10.2)	0.068	1.72 (0.83–3.55)	0.145
ICU mortality, n (%)	3 (1.1)	4 (2.1)	0.445	2.16 (0.47–9.91)	0.320
Hospital mortality, n (%)	19 (6.8)	13 (7.0)	1.000	0.87 (0.41–1.86)	0.726
ICU LOS, days, median (IQR)	6 (4–8)	6 (4–9)	0.170	1.07 (0.95–1.21)	0.247
Hospital LOS, days, median (IQR)	16 (9–27)	14 (9–22)	0.170	0.87 (0.75–1.00)	0.058

Abbreviations: ICU Intensive care unit, IQR Interquartile range, LOS Length of stay
* P < 0.05
^a Adjusted for Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, congestive heart failure (as a comorbidity), and bronchiectasis (as a comorbidity) using logistic regression (for dichotomous outcomes) and using multiple linear regression (for log-transformed LOS)
^b Odds ratio for logistic regression (for dichotomous outcomes) and exponentiated ratio for multiple linear regression (for log-transformed LOS)

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