Table 3.
Costs of therapeutic interventions in the ICU (US Dollars)
| VAP group (n = 37) | Control group (n = 60) | ||||
| Median(IQR) | Mean (± SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (± SD) | P-value | |
| ICU bed cost | 190.8 (166.4) | 230.2 ± 120.2 | 92.4 (78.6) | 113.5 ± 72.2 | <0.0001 |
| Antibiotics | 589.6 (378.3) | 576.7 ± 362.4 | 98.9 (141.1) | 219.2 ± 458.2 | <0.002 |
| Laboratory | 400.6 (264.5) | 435.0 ± 273.4 | 106.8 (127.3) | 112 ± 134.2 | <0.0001 |
| Other drugs | 218.3 (587.8) | 497.4 ± 553.5 | 135.8 (229.5) | 204.3 ± 288.4 | 0.032 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 90.8 (68.5) | 108.9 ± 51.2 | 0.0 | 11.9 ± 23.6 | <0.0001 |
| Respiratory circuit. filters | 60.5 (36.6) | 59.7 ± 36.4 | 0.0 | 10.7 ± 21.5 | <0.0001 |
| Tracheal aspiration | 298.9 (146.8) | 321.9 ± 159.8 | 0.0 | 21.7 ± 40.8 | <0.0001 |
| IV infusion sets | 84.6 (64.1) | 97.3 ± 37.9 | 33.7 (13.5) | 40.2 ± 23.7 | <0.0001 |
| CVC | 26.1 (0.4) | 29.9 ± 11.6 | 26.1 (0.0) | 21.3 ± 11.3 | 0.021 |
| Enteral nutritional products | 113.1 (163.7) | 137.3 ± 211.5 | 0.0 (0.0) | 13.0 ± 37.4 | 0.002 |
| Parenteral nutritional products | 0.0 (82.2) | 76.1 ± 111.5 | 0.0 (0.0) | 12.9 ± 42.2 | 0.008 |
| Urinary catheters | 5.3 (1.4) | 6.4 ± 3.4 | 5.3 (0.0) | 5.0 ± 1.5 | 0.028 |
| Monitorization | 114.8 (81.5) | 131.3 ± 54.6 | 32.6 (32.6) | 49.9 ± 27.4 | <0.0001 |
| Wound dressing | 26.6 (23.2) | 38.8 ± 17.5 | 9.3 (7.1) | 11.6 ± 8.4 | <0.0001 |
| Blood transfusion | 0.0 (116.3) | 90.3 ± 177.1 | 0.0 (0.0) | 21.3 ± 51.9 | 0.038 |
| Total | 2839.3 (1585.6) | 2832.2 ± 1329.0 | 653.4 (825.2) | 868.5 ± 428.0 | <0.0001 |
Values are expressed as median, IQR (interquartile range) and mean ± SD (standard deviation).