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Summary of outcomes after 8-hour intervention period |
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| Outcome measure |
Control group |
GDT group |
p |
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| Number of patients with complications |
41 (68%) |
27 (44%) |
0.007 |
| Median duration of hospital stay (days) |
14 (11–27) |
11 (7–15) |
0.001 |
| Mean duration of hospital stay (days) |
29.5 (34.8) |
17.5 (20.8) |
0.001 |
| Duration of ICU stay (hours) |
45 (25–99) |
43 (24–102) |
0.82 |
| 28-day mortality |
7 (11.7%) |
6 (9.7%) |
0.78 |
| 60-day mortality |
9 (15%) |
7 (11.3%) |
0.59 |
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Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or absolute value (%). ICU, intensive care unit. GDT, goal-directed therapy. | |||
Pearse et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R687 doi:10.1186/cc3887 |
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