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