Clinical Study
Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients
Table 2
Clinical outcomes stratified by weaning success.
| | | Successful weaning
| Failure to wean
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| | Nosocomial pneumonia, (%) | 12 | 18 | 0.82 | | Total duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 18.1 ± 6.9 | 25.2 ± 12.8 | 0.002 | | ICU length of stay, days | 20.1 ± 7.6 | 24.9 ± 10.8 | 0.01 | | Hospital length of stay, days | 31.7 ± 16.1 | 39.7 ± 16.7 | 0.02 | | Hospital mortality, (%) | 5 (13) | 23 (36) | 0.01 |
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