Table 4. Events in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Characteristics in ICU	Patients with early-onset VAP (n=80)	Patients without early-onset VAP (n=120)	P value
Median sedation duration (days)	14 (8–16)	9 (5–15)	0.03
Median duration of mechanical ventilation (days)	22 (16–34)	17 (10–23)	0.001
Median ICU LOS (days)	27 (17–38)	21 (13–31)	0.003
GOS score	3.3 (1–4)	3.9 (1–5)	0.001
Death	19 (23.8)	22 (18.3)	0.35

Data are reported as medians and percentiles (25–75%). VAP: ventilator-acquired pneumonia; LOS: length of stay; GOS: Glasgow outcome scale. Student's t-test or the Wilcoxon non-parametric test was used for statistical analyses.