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Clinical outcomes stratified by weaning success.
| Successful weaning N = 38 |
Failure to wean N = 64 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nosocomial pneumonia, n (%) | 12 | 18 | 0.82 |
| Total duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 18.1 ± 6.9 | 25.2 ± 12.8 | 0.002 |
| ICU length of stay, days | 20.1 ± 7.6 | 24.9 ± 10.8 | 0.01 |
| Hospital length of stay, days | 31.7 ± 16.1 | 39.7 ± 16.7 | 0.02 |
| Hospital mortality, n (%) | 5 (13) | 23 (36) | 0.01 |
