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Table 4.

Clinical outcomes.

Author	PPM (%)	Study Group	Duration of Mechanical Ventilation (Days (SD))	Duration of ICU Stay (Days (SD))	Nosocomial Infection (%)	Mortality (%)
Ewig et al., 2000 [22]	56	PPM with appropriate antibiotics	7.6 (7.6)	9.4 (7.1)	6	6
Ewig et al., 2000 [22]	56	PPM with inappropriate antibiotics	6.4 (4.8)	8.3 (4.9)
Soler et al., 1998 [24]	72	With PPM	7.4 (6.7)	9.2 (6.7)	6	6
Soler et al., 1998 [24]	72	Without PPM	9.6 (6.5)	10.9 (6.5)
Nseir et al., 2006 [27]	30	With PPM	10 (11)	15 (14)		30
Nseir et al., 2006 [27]	30	Without PPM	7 (9)	12 (11)		24
Ferrer et al., 2005 [26]	69 *	IMV	8.1 (7.2)	10.1 (7.9)	22	18
Ferrer et al., 2005 [26]	69 *	NIV-failure	2.2 (1.0)	13.6 (10.7)	41	32

Table 4 presents the clinical outcomes, classified based on the corresponding studies. Abbreviations: PPM, potentially pathogenic microorganism; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; NIV-failure, non-invasive ventilation failure requiring mechanical ventilation. * Subgroup of mechanically ventilated patients.