Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients

Table 3

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population stratified by ROC-derived optimal time to tracheotomy.

	Early tracheotomy	Late tracheotomy	value
Age, years	58.1 ± 14.9	55.2 ± 15.2	0.34
Gender (M/F)	15/24	27/36	0.68
BMI (kg/m^2)	56.9 ± 15.4	51.2 ± 12.0	0.04
APACHE II	13.4 ± 5.6	13.7 ± 5.5	0.78
Charlson comorbidity index	5 (3–7)	5 (4–8)	0.85
Nosocomial pneumonia, (%)	5 (13)	25 (39)	0.004
Total duration of mechanical ventilation, days	15.1 ± 8.2	27.2 ± 10.9	<0.001
ICU length of stay, days	16.6 ± 7.6	27.2 ± 9.1	<0.001
Hospital length of stay, days	27.6 ± 16.3	39.2 ± 15.4	<0.001
Hospital mortality, (%)	11 (28)	17 (30)	0.89