Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Table 3

The occurrence of GI symptoms and IAH according to their appearance order in patients presenting both of them during their ICU stay.

	Number of pt (%)	Mortality, pt (%)	ICU days (SD)
GI symptom(s) occurred first, IAH at least one day later	49 (34.5)	9 (18.4)	12.5 (10.8)
IAH occurred first, GI symptom(s) at least one day later	16 (11.3)	2 (12.5)	14.8 (9.9)
IAH and GI symptom(s) occurred simultaneously on the same day	77 (54.2)	20 (26.0)	12.8 (13.6)

Differences in mortality and ICU stay between the groups were not significant (one-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis, resp.).