TABLE 3.
Medical devices
| Devices | Admission |
Discharge |
p * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Supplemental oxygen | 43 | 30 | 40 | 28 | 0.680 |
| Urinary catheter | 79 | 56 | 53 | 37 | 0.000 |
| Endotracheal tube | 49 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Tracheostomy | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0.014 |
| Peripherally inserted central catheter | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.180 |
| Arterial line | 88 | 62 | 42 | 30 | 0.000 |
| Dialysis catheter | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Nasogastric tube | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0.000 |
| Chest tube | 30 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 0.206 |
| Temporary pacemaker | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.046 |
| Pulmonary artery catheter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.317 |
| Patient-controlled epidural analgesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.317 |
| Continuous renal replacement therapy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Wound with closed suction system | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.317 |
| 2 or more / other | 49 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 1.000 |
*
Statistical significance p < 0.05.