Table 3.
Patient’s outcome according to intubation during the ICU stay
| Patients intubated early H0–H8 (n = 209) | Patients intubated late H8–H72 (n = 114) | Patients never intubated (n = 536) | Overall P-value | Intubated early vs. late P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of days alive without vasopressor at day 28 | 13.7 ± 14.3 | 13.7 ± 11.4 | 24.3 ± 17.5 | < 0.001 | 0.99 |
| Number of days alive without dialysis at day 28 | 15.8 ± 14.7 | 17.4 ± 11.5 | 26.2 ± 17.4 | <0.001 | 0.09 |
| Number of days alive without invasive ventilation at day 28 | 11.5 ± 14.1 | 11.9 ± 10.5 | 26.3 ± 17.5 | < 0.001 | 0.145 |
| Length of ICU stay, days | 14.7 ± 35.2 | 15.2 ± 20.4 | 5.1 ± 37.1 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 22.7 ± 34.0 | 29.3 ± 41.0 | 21.7 ± 50.9 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| ICU mortality | 97 (46.9%) | 44 (38.6%) | 32 (6%) | < 0.001 | 0.2 |
| Hospital mortality | 106 (51%) | 56 (49.1%) | 75 (14.1%) | < 0.001 | 0.8 |
| 28th-day mortality | 97 (46.9%) | 47 (41.2%) | 70 (13.1%) | < 0.001 | 0.4 |