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

Table 4 Subgroup analysis of outcomes for patients extubated after >72 h of mechanical ventilation

Outcomes	Phase I (n = 94)	Phase II (n = 66)	Univariate P value	Multivariate ratio^a,b (95 % CI)	Multivariate P value^a
Oral feeding on ICU discharge, n (%)	46 (48.9)	44 (66.7)	0.035*	2.27 (1.13–4.54)	0.021*
Pneumonia postextubation, n (%)	24 (25.5)	5 (7.6)	0.004*	0.20 (0.07–0.60)	0.004*
Reintubation, n (%)	6 (6.4)	9 (13.6)	0.168	1.80 (0.58–5.62)	0.306
Readmission to ICU, n (%)	7 (7.5)	10 (15.2)	0.128	1.79 (0.62–5.18)	0.285
ICU mortality, n (%)	1 (1.1)	3 (4.6)	0.307	4.62 (0.46–46.2)	0.192
Hospital mortality, n (%)	7 (7.5)	6 (9.1)	0.773	0.96 (0.29–3.18)	0.944
ICU LOS, days, median (IQR)	9 (7–13)	9 (7–12)	0.704	0.97 (0.83–1.13)	0.672
Hospital LOS, days, median (IQR)	24 (17–39)	18 (12–30.5)	0.010*	0.75 (0.61–0.93)	0.009*

Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, 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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