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Table 1 Characteristics and admission diagnosis of patients

From: Costs and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Turkish University Hospital's Intensive Care Unit: A case-control study

 

VAP Group (n = 37)

Control Group (n = 60)

P- value

Characteristic

median (IQR)

median (IQR)

 

Age (years)

56.0 (25.0)

56.5 (14.8)

NS

APACHE II score

23.0 (7.0)

14.0 (10.0)

<0.0001

Length of stay in ICU (days)

8.0 (6.5)

2.5 (2.0)

<0.0001

Admission diagnosis

No of patients (%)

No of patients (%)

 

Trauma

8 (21.6 %)

7 (11.7 %)

 

Pulmonary disease

7 (18.9 %)

9 (15.0 %)

 

CNS disease

7 (18.9 %)

8 (13.3 %)

 

Renal insufficiency

2 (5.4 %)

5 (8.3 %)

 

CVS disease

3 (8.1 %)

6 (10.0 %)

 

Infectious disease

3 (8.1 %)

2 (3.3 %)

 

Intoxication

3 (8.1 %)

6 (10.0 %)

 

Malignancy

1 (2.7 %)

7 (11.7 %)

 

Others

3 (8.1 %)

10 (16.7 %)

 
  1. Values are expressed as median, IQR (Interquartile Range). Abbreviations: VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia; APACHE II score: the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, NS: non-significant, CNS: central nervous system, CVS: cardiovascular system.