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Table 3 PICU clinical outcomes

From: A prospective observational study on critically ill children with diaphragmatic dysfunction: clinical outcomes and risk factors

Outcomes

Non-DD

Group(n=46)

DD

Group(n=24)

P

Delayed or difficult weaning (%)

10.87(5/46)

37.5(9/24)

0.008

Extubation failure (%)

8.70(4/46)

33.33(8/24)

0.009

Length of PICU stay, d, median (IQR)

13.00(10.00-18.00)

26.50(15.00-35.50)

<0.001

In hospital mortality (%)

2.17(1/46)

20.83(5/24)

0.008

  1. DD diaphragmatic dysfunction, PICU pediatric intensive care unit