Table 2. Comparison of outcomes for ventilator-associated complication positive and negative patients and ventilator-associated pneumonia positive and negative patients.

	VAC Positive	VAC Negative	P	VAP Positive	VAP Negative	P
Number of patients	135	462	–	55	542	–
Duration of ventilation (median days)	13.0	6.0	<.001	13.5	7.0	<.001
ICU length of stay (median days)	16.3	8.0	<.001	18.0	9.0	<.001
Hospital length of stay (median days)	21.0	16.0	<.001	24.6	17.0	<.001
Hospital mortality (% of patients)	38%	23%	.001	27%	26%	1.000

Abbreviations:

VAC – ventilator associated complications; VAP – ventilator associated pneumonia.