Effects of Lung Expansion Therapy on Lung Function in Patients with Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Table 4

Comparison of hospitalization outcomes between groups.

	IPPB	IPPB + PEEP	Control
Weaning rate (%)	88.2% (15/17)	87.5% (14/16)	41.1% (7/17)
Ventilator days during RCC (days)	11.7 ± 3.7	15.8 ± 9.1	27.2 ± 16.1
Length of stay during RCC (days)	24.9 ± 10.7	23.6 ± 8.6	31.2 ± 13.1
Mortality rate (%)	0% (0/17)	0% (0/16)	5.9% (1/17)

RCC: respiratory care center.
All values are expressed as percentage (numbers) or mean ± SD.
Between-groups comparison, .