Table 2.

Main results.

	Total (n = 119)	Early tracheotomy (n = 18)	Late tracheotomy (n = 101)	p-value
MV length (days), median (interquartile range)	17 (10–34)	6 (2–8)	19 (12–35)	<0.001
ICU length (days), median (interquartile range)	26 (15–42)	10 (7–26)	28 (17–43)	0.001
Inpatient hospital length (days), median (interquartile range)	44 (27–95)	39 (13–80)	45 (27–98)	0.41
Tracheotomy length – discharge ICU (days), median (interquartile range)	6 (3–21)	3 (2–17)	7 (3–21)	0.26
Mortality, n (%)	27 (22.7)	2 (11.1)	25 (24.8)	0.36
VAP, n (%)	45 (37.8)	1 (5.6)	44 (43.6)	0.001

MV, mechanical ventilation; ICU, intensive care unit; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.