Table 3.

Mortality and morbidity

	FETa (n = 22)	Non-FET (n = 28)	P-value
In-hospital mortality	0	3 (10.7)	0.2457
Extubation, hours	152 ± 223 (18–800)	171 ± 280 (20–1344)	0.8319
ICU stay among survivors, days	10.5 ± 11.9 (2–44)	12.8 ± 10.4 (4–49)	0.5062
Hospital stay among survivors, days	32.2 ± 20.7 (13–94)	49.5 ± 48.2 (12–274)	0.1053
Morbidity
Re-exploration for bleeding	1 (4.5)	2 (7.1)	> 0.9999
Renal insufficiency requiring hemodialysis	2 (9.1)	4 (14.3)	0.6779
Mediastinitis	1 (4.5)	1 (3.6)	> 0.9999
Respiratory failure requiring tracheotomy	3 (13.6)	3 (10.7)	>.9999
Stroke	4 (18.2)	4 (14.3)	0.7155
Paraplegia	0	0	> 0.9999
Additional treatment	0	8 (28.5%)	0.0064
Late death	0	0	> 0.9999

Data presented as n (%) or as mean ± standard deviation (range)

ICU intensive care unit

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