Clinical Study
Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients
Table 4
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population stratified by median duration of mechanical ventilation until tracheotomy.
| | Early tracheotomy
| Late tracheotomy
| value |
| Age, years | 57.6 ± 15.8 | 55.3 ± 14.6 | 0.45 | Gender (M/F) | 17/27 | 25/33 | 0.8 | BMI (kg/m2) | 55.8 ± 14.9 | 51.6 ± 12.4 | 0.13 | APACHE II | 13.5 ± 5.3 | 13.6 ± 5.7 | 0.95 | Charlson comorbidity index | 5 (3–7) | 5 (4–8) | 0.67 | Nosocomial pneumonia, (%) | 6 (14) | 24 (41) | 0.002 | Total duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 15.9 ± 8.1 | 28.6 ± 11.2 | <0.001 | ICU length of stay, days | 17.2 ± 7.7 | 27.6 ± 9.3 | <0.001 | Hospital length of stay, days | 27.9 ± 15.8 | 39.8 ± 15.6 | <0.001 | Hospital mortality, (%) | 12 (27) | 16 (28) | 0.85 |
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