Table 4

Patient outcomes in surgical and medical subsets

Outcomes
Medical
Surgical



Successful extubation
Failed extubation
P
Successful extubation
Failed extubation
P

n
83
38

10
22
ICU LOS postextubation (days)
1 (0–1)
8 (5–15)
<0.01
2 (1–4)
12 (9–17)
<0.01
Hospital LOS postextubation (days)
5 (3–10)
15 (11–19)
<0.01
6 (9–14)
18 (16–29)
<0.01
Hospital mortality (%)
8 (9.6)
5 (13.2)
0.560
1 (10)
6 (27.3)
0.230
Total hospital charges (×US$1000)
26.5 ± 17.0
49.7 ± 30.0
<0.01
26.8 ± 9.0
81.6 ± 47
<0.01

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range) or n (%). ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.

Seymour et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R322   doi:10.1186/cc2913