Table 4 |
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Case-matched study: summary of demographic and clinical variables in the tracheostomy and translaryngeal tube groups |
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Tracheostomy (n = 129) |
Translaryngeal tube (n = 129) |
P value |
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Age (years)† |
71.77 ± 17.30 |
74.43 ± 13.44 |
0.13 |
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Male‡ |
62 (48.06%) |
64 (49.61%) |
0.80 |
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Transfer from MICU‡ |
88 (68.22%) |
94 (72.87%) |
0.45 |
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APACHE II† |
20.02 ± 6.10 |
20.35 ± 5.50 |
0.58 |
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Reason of MV‡ |
0.75 |
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Acute lung injury |
30(23.26) |
28(21.71) |
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Chronic lung disease |
23(17.83) |
18(13.95) |
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Post op |
11(8.53) |
19(14.73) |
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Cardiac disease |
20(15.50) |
23(17.83) |
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Neuron |
33(25.58) |
23(17.83) |
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Miscellaneous |
12(9.30) |
18(13.95) |
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ICU MV (days)† |
28 (9, 87) |
27 (15, 65) |
0.33 |
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Bed ridden prior to admission‡ |
22 (17.05%) |
29 (22.48%) |
0.27 |
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Sum of chronic comorbidities‡ |
0.70 |
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0 |
31 (24.03) |
27 (20.93) |
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1 |
45 (34.88) |
55 (42.64) |
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2 |
37 (28.68) |
37 (28.68) |
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3 |
16 (12.40) |
8 (6.20) |
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4 |
0 |
2 (1.55) |
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5 |
31 (24.03) |
27 (20.93) |
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Required hemodialysis‡ |
31 (24.03%) |
19 (14.73%) |
0.03* |
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Modified GCS† |
8.67 ± 2.74 |
8.47 ± 2.96 |
0.52 |
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RSBI† |
148 (17, 418) |
122 (11, 550) |
0.36 |
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PImax† |
30 (1, 74) |
29 (8, 75) |
0.91 |
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PaO2/FiO2† |
289 (91, 700) |
291 (112, 577) |
0.35 |
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Albumin (g/dL)† |
2.80 ± 0.50 |
2.69 ± 0.42 |
0.06 |
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BUN (mg/dL)† |
31 (6, 215) |
30 (4.9, 220) |
0.95 |
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Length of stay (days)§ |
84 (32, 806) |
72 (19, 197) |
0.04* |
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RCC length of stay (days)§ |
28 (5, 121) |
16 (2, 151) |
< 0.01* |
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Total MV days§ |
55 (21, 173) |
44 (19, 186) |
< 0.01* |
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Weaned|| |
84 (65.12%) |
82 (63.57%) |
0.79 |
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In-hospital mortality|| |
19 (14.73%) |
50 (38.76%) |
0.08 |
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RCC mortality|| |
12 (63.16%) |
32 (64.00%) |
0.72 |
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Abbreviations: MICU, medical intensive care unit; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; ICU, intensive care unit; MV, mechanical ventilation; RCC, respiratory care center; Glasgow Coma Scale; RSBI, rapid shallow breath indices; PImax, maximum inspiratory pressure at negative volume; PaO2/FiO2, arterial oxygen pressure/fraction of inspired oxygen; BUN, blood urea nitrogen. Data presented as: n (%); mean ± standard deviation; or median (range). *A statistically significant between-group difference (P < 0.05). † Compared with mixed model analysis. ‡ Compared with general estimation equation analysis. §Compared with mixed-model analysis, adjusted for the requirement of hemodialysis. || Compared with general estimation equation analysis, adjusted for the requirement hemodialysis. |
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Wu et al. Critical Care 2010 14:R26 doi:10.1186/cc8890 |
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