Table 2 Clinical Outcomes in relation to baseline and change echodensity over time
From: Diaphragm echodensity in mechanically ventilated patients: a description of technique and outcomes
Outcome | Population | Relation with baseline ED50 | Relation with change in ED50 from baseline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 34 | Coefficient | CI 95% | p | ≤ 10-point change in ED50, n = 21 (62%) | > 10-point increase in ED50, n = 13 (38%) | p | |
Duration of ventilation (in ICU survivors), d | 7 (4–11) | − 0.004 | (− 0.02; 0.01) | 0.55 | 5 (4–10) | 10 (8–14) | 0.10 |
Ventilator-free days to Day 60, d | 51 (36–56) | − 0.001 | (− 0.01; 0.01) | 0.78 | 53 (49–56) | 46 (0–52) | 0.03 |
Duration of ICU admission (in ICU survivors), d | 10 (5–15) | − 0.002 | (− 0.02; 0.01) | 0.72 | 10 (4–15) | 11 (10–15) | 0.18 |
Duration of hospitalization (in hospital survivors), d | 26 (17–54) | 0.003 | (− 0.01; 0.01) | 0.44 | 26 (16–53) | 27.5 (22–72) | 0.46 |
Maximal thickening fraction at first SBT (%), mean (SD) | 29 (16) | 0.001 | (− 0.03; 0.03) | 0.83 | 33 (18) | 26 (13) | 0.26 |
Complications of acute respiratory failure, n (%) | 15 (44) | 0.02 | (− 0.01; 0.05) | 0.27 | 7 (33) | 8 (61) | 0.21 |
Reintubation, n (%) | 3 (9) | − 0.006 | (− 0.07; 0.03) | 0.81 | 1 (5) | 2 (15) | 0.66 |
Tracheostomy, n (%) | 9 (26) | 0.02 | (− 0.01; 0.05) | 0.28 | 5 (24) | 4 (31) | 0.96 |
Mechanical ventilation > 7 d, n (%) | 18 (53) | 0.02 | (− 0.01; 0.05) | 0.19 | 7 (33) | 11 (85) | 0.01 |
Readmission to ICU during same hospital admission, n (%) | 1 (3) | − 0.04 | (− 0.23; 0.04) | 0.53 | 0 (0) | 1 (8) | 0.81 |
Death in ICU, n (%) | 6 (18) | 0.009 | (− 0.02; 0.04) | 0.55 | 2 (10) | 4 (31) | 0.26 |
Death in hospital, n (%) | 7 (21) | 0.01 | (− 0.02; 0.04) | 0.47 | 2 (10) | 5 (38) | 0.11 |