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Table 4 Clinical prognosis in patients with 28-day survival (n = 74)

From: Clinical impact of pneumothorax in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and respiratory failure in an HIV-negative cohort

 

No pneumothorax

Pneumothorax

p-value

N = 59 (79.7)

N = 15 (20.3)

Tracheostomy

29 (49.2)

9 (60)

0.453

Ventilator weaning

26 (44)

2 (13.3)

0.037

ICU length of stay

18 (12–40)

32 (24–58)

0.068

Final survivors

29 (49.2)

5 (33.3)

0.048

Discharge to home

25 (51.0)

2 (13.3)

0.010

  1. Data are presented as numbers (%) or median (IQR) unless indicated otherwise
  2. ICU intensive care unit
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