Table 4: ICU, hospital length of stay and ventilation duration in each tracheostomy group.

OUTCOME Variables

No Tracheostomy

Elective Tracheostomy

Delayed Tracheostomy

p-value

ICU stay (days):

Median (IQR)

6 (5-8)

10 (8-14)

19 (14-27)

< 0.001

ICU stay – (Log days)

Mean (SD)

1.85 (0.35)

2.40 (0.49)

2.96 (0.43)

< 0.001

Hospital stay - (days)

Median (IQR)

14 (11-18)

14 (14-29)

27 (20-40)

< 0.001

Total ventilation hours:

Median (IQR)

17 (2-32)

166 (123-286)

336 (216-504)

< 0.001

IQR: Interquartile Range.