Epidural Analgesia for Severe Chest Trauma: An Analysis of Current Practice on the Efficacy and Safety

Table 4

In-hospital outcome measures in patients with successful or unsuccessful epidural analgesia.

Variable	Successful	Unsuccessful
Hospital length of stay (median, IQR)	10 (7–12)	10 (8–17)
Intensive care length of stay (median, IQR)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)
Duration of mechanical ventilation (median, IQR)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)
Respiratory complications (, %)
Pneumonia	6 (13)	3 (10)
Atelectasis	4 (9)	2 (6)
ARDS	0 (0)	1 (3)
Mortality (, %)
During admission	0 (0)	2 (6)
Postdischarge 30 days	0 (0)	0 (0)

ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; IQR: interquartile range; : number; SD: standard deviation.