Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of 92 odontogenic infection patients requiring intensive care
| Age (years) | ||
| Range | 18 to 88 | |
| Mean | 45 | |
| Median | 43 | |
| n | % of 92 patients | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 63 | 68 |
| Female | 29 | 32 |
| Smoking | ||
| Yes | 30 | 33 |
| No | 62 | 67 |
| Heavy alcohol and/or drug user | ||
| Yes | 11 | 12 |
| No | 81 | 88 |
| Diabetes | ||
| Yes | 9 | 10 |
| No | 83 | 90 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | ||
| Yes | 12 | 13 |
| No | 80 | 87 |
| Re-intubation | ||
| Yes | 6 | 7 |
| No | 86 | 93 |
| Duration of ventilation treatment (days) | ||
| Range | 0 to 31 | |
| Mean | 4 | |
| Median | 3 | |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | ||
| Range | 2 to 36 | |
| Mean | 7.3 | |
| Median | 6 | |