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Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of the study groups

Variables	Standard	Intervention	p
Length of stay in the hospital,^a median (IQR), day	4 (3–6)	6.5 (4–9)	0.001
Discharged alive,^b No (%)	76 (97.4)	71 (93.4)	0.27
ICU admission,^b No (%)	1 (1.3)	14 (18.4)	0.001

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range.

^{^a}

Mann–Whitney U‐test.

^{^b}

Fisher's exact test. The significant level is p < 0.05.