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Table 3 Mortality, cause of death, and in-hospital outcomes

From: A lung rescue team improves survival in obesity with acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

Standard protocol-based cohort (N = 70)

Lung rescue team cohort (N = 50)

Pa

Hazard ratio (CI 95%)a

ICU mortality, n (%)

24/70 (34)

9/50 (18)

0.004

0.29 (0.12–0.67)

Hospital mortality, n (%)

29/70 (41)

9/50 (18)

< 0.001

0.22 (0.10–0.51)

28-day mortality, n (%)

22/70 (31)

8/50 (16)

0.001

0.31 (0.13–0.78)

3-month mortality, n (%)

29/70 (41)

11/50 (22)

0.006

0.35 (0.16–0.74)

6-month mortality, n (%)

29/70 (41)

11/50 (22)

0.006

0.35 (0.16–0.74)

1-year mortality, n (%)

29/70 (41)

11/50 (22)

0.006

0.35 (0.16–0.74)

Cause of death

 Multi-organ failure

27/29

7/11

  

 Brain injury/advanced cancer

2/29

4/11

  

ICU length of stay, days , mean (CI 95%)

13 (9–16)

17 (14–20)

< 0.001

 

Days not in ICU at day 28, days, mean (CI 95%)b

12 (9–14)

11 (8–13)

0.413

 

Hospital length of stay, days, mean (CI 95%)

19 (15–23)

28 (23–33)

< 0.001

 

Days not in hospital at day 28, days, mean (CI 95%)b

7 (5–9)

5 (3–7)

0.121

 

Ventilation-free days, days, mean (CI 95%)b

14 (11–16)

15 (12–18)

0.859

 

Reintubation, n (%)

12/70 (17)

8/50 (16)

0.868

 

Tracheostomy, n (%)

11/70 (16)

14/50 (28)

0.061

 

AKI, n (%)

37/70 (52)

26/50 (54)

0.902

 

RRT, n (%)

16/70 (23)

12/50 (24)

0.884

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, ICU intensive care unit, AKI acute kidney injury, RRT renal replacement therapy
  2. aP values and hazard ratios for mortality calculated after correction for common ICU confounding factors (APACHE, age, BMI, PaO2/FiO2)
  3. bIf in-hospital death occurred before day 29, the ventilation-free days, the days not in ICU at day 28, and the days not in hospital at day 28 were considered to be zero
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