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Table 1 Patient characteristics and admission diagnosis

From: Can probiotics be an alternative to chlorhexidine for oral care in the mechanically ventilated patient? A multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled open trial

 

Lp299 group

Control group

Characteristic

 Age

66 (57–76)

65.5 (53.75–75)

 Sex, male/female

40/29

36/32

 APACHE II score

22 (18–27)

24 (18.75–28)

 SAPS 3a

64.5 (54–75)

64.0 (54.5–76.5)

 ICU mortality (n)

10

11

 Additional in-hospital mortality (n)

14

12

 ICU stay (days)

7.67 (3.58–11.54)

6.59 (3.24–9.82)

 Ventilator days (invasive)

4.79 (0.38–24.52)

4.23 (0.75–22)

Diagnosis at ICU admission (n)

 Sepsis, bacteraemia, septic shock, meningitis

19

15

 Cardiac arrest and cardiac failure

20

20

 Respiratory insufficiency

6

11

 Abdominal condition

8

9

 Vascular condition

2

4

 Trauma

5

2

 Other

9

7

  1. Data presented as median (first–third quartiles) except for sex, death rates and diagnoses. Differences are not significant
  2. APACHE Acute Pathophysiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, ICU intensive care unit, Lp299 Lactobacillus plantarum 299, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score
  3. aOnly for the later 100 patients