Table 1

Characteristics
VAP (n = 28)
Controls (n = 231)
P value

Age (years), median
57
66
0.10
% male
85.7
74
0.17
Medical
24
171
0.17
Surgical
4
60
0.17
ICU stay (days)
30.79 ± 18.06
12.25 ± 14.97
0.000
Ventilation days
27.61 ± 20.19
10.41 ± 13.21
0.000
APACHE II score
16.50 ± 5.77
13.96 ± 7.39
0.04
Death risk (%)
21.39
33.32
0.02
Mortality rate (%)
32.14
51.52
0.053

Moock et al. Critical Care 2005 9(Suppl 1):P6   doi:10.1186/cc3069