Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2007 Jun 15;132(2):425–432. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-0234

Table 3.

Patient Primary and Secondary Outcomes

Outcomes Before Group (n = 79) After Group (n = 77) Difference
In-hospital mortality, No. (%) 21 (27) 14 (18) 7 (9)
Hospital resources utilized
Mean ICU LOS, d 2.0 3.8 1.8
Mean hospital LOS, d 7.9 9.1 1.2
Mean ventilator days, d 3.5 3.5 0