Impact of multidrug-resistant bacteria on outcome in patients with prolonged weaning

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with and without multidrug (MDR) bacteria who had prolonged weaning during the intensive care unit stay

Variable	Patients with MDR bacteria (n = 107)	Patients without MDR bacteria (n = 323)	p-value
Age, years	63 ± 15	69 ± 11	< 0.001
Male, n (%)	71 (66.3)	213 (65.9)	0.94
Pre-existing COPD, n (%)	39 (36.4)	98 (30.3)	0.24
Pre-existing CAD, n (%)	28 (26.2)	151 (46.7)	< 0.001
SAPS II at ICU admission	39.0 ± 9.3	35.9 ± 8.5	0.03
Renal replacement therapy during ICU stay, n (%)	27 (25.2)	107 (33.1)	0.127
Days of MV in the ICU	18.1 ± 11.8	17.1 ± 11.4	0.36
ICU LOS, days^a	25.3 ± 17.3	19.5 ± 12.8	0.01

Data are given as mean ± standard deviation or number of patients (%)
CAD Coronary artery disease; COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU Intensive care unit; LOS Lengh of stay; MV Mechanical ventilation; SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II
^a41 data sets of non-MDR patients missing

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