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Published in final edited form as: J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2022 Mar-Apr;37(2):89–95. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000685

Table 2:

Clinical Characteristics during Index Acute Hospitalization among Individuals with TBI Admitted to LTACH (2011–2016)

	Total (N=15148)
Acute Hospitalization stay
Length of stay (days), Median (range)	17 (1–259)
ICU use, n (%)	12249 (80.9)
Acute Procedures, n (%)
Tracheostomy	6066 (40.0)
Mechanical ventilation (any duration)	8579 (56.6)
Mechanical ventilation (prolonged duration ≥72 hrs)	6969 (46.0)
Mechanical ventilation (transient duration <72 hrs)	2280 (15.1)
Craniotomy or craniectomy	338 (2.2)
Acute complications, n (%)
Ventilator-acquired pneumonia	659 (4.4)
Pulmonary embolism	426 (2.8)
Acute respiratory failure	2511 (16.6)
Sepsis	1601 (10.6)
Septic shock	1646 (10.9)
LTACH stay
Length of stay, n (%)
1–30 days	9824 (64.9)
31–59 days	4470 (29.5)
60–89 days	625 (4.1)
90+ days	229 (1.5)
LTACH complications, n (%)
Ventilator-acquired pneumonia	468 (3.1)
Pulmonary embolism	356 (2.4)
Acute respiratory failure	1972 (13.0)
Sepsis	1934 (12.8)
Septic shock	451 (3.0)
Discharge destination after LTACH stay
Home	622 (4.1)
Acute care	1597 (10.5)
Inpatient rehabilitation	1742 (11.5)
Skilled nursing facility/nursing home	6251 (41.3)
Hospice	591 (3.9)
Other	1880 (12.4)
Death	2465 (16.3)