Table 2.
Intubated w/o nosocomial infection (n=155) |
Nosocomial LRI (n=74) |
p value | |
---|---|---|---|
28-Day Mortality* | 12 (8%) | 9 (12%) | 0.30 |
PICU LOS, mean (SD) | 9 (6) | 24 (19) | < 0.0001 |
Hospital LOS, mean (SD) | 18 (19) | 34 (24) | < 0.0001 |
Intubated days, mean (SD) | 5 (4) | 14 (9) | < 0.0001 |
Three subjects in the ‘intubated without nosocomial infection’ group are excluded because their mortality status was unknown.
PICU=Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
LOS=Length of stay