Tables
- Table. 1—
Summary statistics and statistical comparisons between the early gastrostomy group and the control group regarding variables that may affect development of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Variables Early gastrostomy group Control group p-value Subjects n 20 21 Age yrs 48±15.2 46.6±15.4 >0.05 Females 4 (20) 5 (24) >0.05 Diagnosis on admission Stroke 13 (65) 12 (57) >0.05 Head injury 7 (35) 9 (43) APACHE II score 15±1.7 14.7±1.4 >0.05 Transport out of the ICU Yes 20 (100) 21 (100) >0.05 Paranasal sinusitis Yes 9 (45) 10 (48) >0.05 Cardiovascular disease Hypertension 8 (40) 7 (33) >0.05 Diastolic dysfunction of left ventricle 2 (10) 3 (14) >0.05 Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%). APACHE: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; ICU: Intensive care unit.
- Table. 2—
Cumulative analysis of frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) per group and for each week of the study
Subjects n Patients with VAP End of 1st week End of 2nd week End of 3rd week Early gastrostomy group 20 2/20# (10) 2/18# (11.1) 2/16# (12.5) Control group 21 1/20# (5) 8/19# (42.1) 8/18# (44.4) p-value >0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Data are presented as n (%). #: The denominator indicates the number of participants remaining in the study at the end of each week.
- Table. 3—
Summary statistics and statistical comparisons between the early gastrostomy group and the control group regarding secondary outcome measures
Secondary outcome measures Early gastrostomy group Control group p-value Subject n 20 21 Length of stay in ICU days 38.5±14.2 38.5±13.4 >0.05 Duration of mechanical ventilation days 37.3±13.7 37.6±12.8 >0.05 ICU mortality no. deaths 4 (20)# 6 (28.5)¶ >0.05 ICU mortality attributed to VAP no. deaths 1 (5) 1 (4.7) >0.05 Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%). ICU: Intensive care unit; VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia. #: causes of death: brain death (2), heart failure (1), VAP-associated acute lung injury (1); ¶: causes of death: brain death (1), heart failure (1), pulmonary embolism (1), VAP (1), mesenteric artery embolism (1), disseminated candidiasis (1).
