Table 4.
n | Control 76 |
PICCO 76 |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Number of OR | 4.8 ± 0.5 | 5.8 ± 0.5 | NS |
Time btw OR (days) | 5.6 ± 0.2 | 4.8 ± 0.6 | NS |
LOS ICU (days) | 36.7 ± 4.8 | 34.2 ± 2.9 | NS |
LOS/TBSA | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.0 | NS |
Sepsis n (%) | 13 (17.1) | 7 (9.2) | NS |
Number of Infections | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | NS |
Died n (%) | 19 (25.0) | 12 (15.8) | NS |
PiCCO and Control patients had a similar rate of clinical interventions with a similar length of stay in the ICU. Patients in the PiCCO group had a slightly higher infection rate but signalized better outcomes with a lower incidence of sepsis and mortality rate (not significant).