Table 2.
Outcomes for patients by year
| All | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Hospital length of staya | 39 (26–60.5) | 42 (29–73) | 45 (27–65) | 40 (25–59) | 34.5 (26–53) |
| Length of stay after ICUa | 21 (11.5–40) | 30 (13–52) | 25.5 (12.5–40) | 20 (11–40) | 19 (10–34) |
| ICU length of stay | 11 (7.5–16) | 10 (7–16) | 11 (7.5–15) | 10 (7–17) | 11 (8–16) |
| Time to tracheostomy | 5 (3–7) | - | 5 (3–8) | 5 (4–7) | 5 (4–6) |
| Decannulation timeb | 9 (4–20) | 14 (7–31) | 9 (4.5–26) | 10 (4–20) | 7 (3–17) |
| Decannulation to discharge | 12 (5–20) | 12 (6–20) | 13 (7–20) | 12.5 (5–24) | 9 (3.5–18.5) |
| Decannulated | 241 (86) | 33 (80) | 48 (80) | 80 (84) | 80 (95) |
| Not decannulated | 39 (14) | 8 (20) | 13 (20) | 15 (16) | 4 (5) |
| Discharge less than 43 daysa | 156 (55.7) | 21 (51) | 28 (47) | 52 (55) | 55 (66) |
| Decannulated and less than 43 daysa | 131 (54) | 16 (49) | 20 (42) | 42 (53) | 53 (66) |
Data are presented as median time in days (interquartile range) or as number (percentage). Hyphen indicates data not available. aP < 0.05 for trend; bP < 0.01 for trend. ICU, intensive care unit.