Table 5.

Duration of mechanical ventilation and length of intensive care unit stay after LuTx surgery in non-POC vs POC group

	non-POC group			POC group			Wilcoxon test
	mean	median	IQR	mean	median	IQR	p-value
MV (hours)	147.8	35.5	50.5	90.3	25	36	0.17
ICU stay (days)	13	6	3.3	9.5	5	4	0.27

Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, LuTx lung transplantation, MV mechanical ventilation, POC point of care