Real-world corticosteroid use in severe pneumonia: a propensity-score-matched study

Table 2 Outcomes in the full cohort of patients with septic shock and/or IMV requirements and in the propensity score matching sample

	Before PS matching (N = 387)			After PS matching (N = 178)
	Corticosteroids			Corticosteroids
	No	Yes		No	Yes
	N = 268	N = 119	p value	N = 89	N = 89	p value
28-day mortality, n (%)	65 (24)	24 (20)	0.368	28 (31)	16 (18)	0.037
Hospital length of stay (days), median (Q1; Q3)	17 (10; 28)	14 (10; 25)	0.216	17 (10.5; 29)	13 (9; 20)	0.027

IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; PS, propensity score; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile. Percentages calculated with non-missing data only. p values marked in bold indicate numbers that are statistically significant on the 95% confidence limit

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