TABLE 4.

Other end points of patients in the control and treatment group.

	Group	P50(P25∼P75)	Z	p
Days free from MV	Control	20(15.75–25.5)	2.095	0.036*
	Treatment	17(11.25–22)
Length of ICU stay	Control	29.5(22.75–40)	1.306	0.192
	Treatment	27(20.25–33.75)
Length of hospital stay	Control	37(26–51)	0.435	0.663
	Treatment	36.5(29.25–44.75)

*p < 0.05 compared with control group.