Table 4.

Patient outcomes in surgical and medical subsets

Outcomes	Medical			Surgical
	Successful extubation	Failed extubation	P	Successful extubation	Failed extubation	P
n	83	38		10	22
ICU LOS postextubation (days)	1 (0–1)	8 (5–15)	<0.01	2 (1–4)	12 (9–17)	<0.01
Hospital LOS postextubation (days)	5 (3–10)	15 (11–19)	<0.01	6 (9–14)	18 (16–29)	<0.01
Hospital mortality (%)	8 (9.6)	5 (13.2)	0.560	1 (10)	6 (27.3)	0.230
Total hospital charges (×US$1000)	26.5 ± 17.0	49.7 ± 30.0	<0.01	26.8 ± 9.0	81.6 ± 47	<0.01

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range) or n (%). ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.