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Table 3 Outcomes of treatment in early-onset VAP (n = 42) and late-onset VAP (n = 148)

From: Microorganisms and clinical outcomes of early- and late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia at Srinagarind Hospital, a tertiary center in Northeastern Thailand

Outcomes

Early-onset VAP

Late-onset VAP

p-value

Median duration MV day (day, IQR)

14.0 (10.0, 29.0)

23.0 (14.0, 35.5)

0.03*

Median ICU LOS (day, IQR)

20.0 (11.0, 30.0)

26.5 (17.0, 43.0)

0.02*

Median hospital LOS (day, IQR)

26.5 (15.0, 44.0)

35.5 (24.0, 56.0)

0.01*

Performed tracheostomy (n. %)

16.0 (38.1)

42.0 (28.4)

0.22

Hospital mortality (n, %)

7.0 (16.7)

52.0 (35.1)

0.02*

  1. VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, MV mechanical ventilator, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, LOS length of stay
  2. *p-value < 0.05
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