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Table 2 Course of disease and outcome of ERC patients (n = 831)

From: Decannulation of tracheotomized patients after long-term mechanical ventilation – results of a prospective multicentric study in German neurological early rehabilitation hospitals

Parameters at discharge

Total (n = 831)

Decannulated (n = 470)

Non-decannulated (n = 361)

p-value

 

M ± SD or n (%)

M ± SD or n (%)

M ± SD or n (%)

 

Wearing time of TC (days)

64.6 ± 36.0

 

Duration of ventilation (days)

48.8 ± 33.2

43.6 ± 24.9

55.7 ± 40.6

< 0.001

Duration of stay in the ERC (days)

64.2 ± 48.1

63.3 ± 47.2

65.4 ± 49.3

0.547

Complications (existing)

283 (33.9)

102 (21.7)

181 (49.9)

< 0.001

Number of complications

0.5 ± 0.8

0.3 ± 0.6

0.7 ± 0.9

< 0.001

Complications (type)

< 0.001

 None

550 (66.2)

368 (78.3)

182 (50.4)

 

 Pneumonia / respiratory infect

130 (15.6)

47 (10.0)

83 (23.0)

 

 Other infect / sepsis

64 (7.7)

27 (5.7)

37 (10.2)

 

 Other

87 (10.4)

28 (5.9)

59 (16.3)

 

Nutrition

< 0.001

 Nasogastric tube

28 (3.6)

1 (0.2)

27 (8.9)

 

 PEG

295 (38.4)

56 (12.0)

239 (78.9)

 Oral diet

446 (58.0)

409 (87.8)

37 (12.2)

CRS-R

19.1 ± 6.3

21.9 ± 2.8

14.6 ± 7.6

< 0.001

Recannulation

24 (4.9)

8 (1.7)

16 (84.2)

< 0.001

Deceased

62 (7.5)

4 (0.9)

58 (16.1)

< 0.001

Status at discharge

< 0.001

 Domesticity

90 (10.8)

70 (14.9)

20 (5.5)

 

 Further rehabilitation

268 (32.3)

264 (56.2)

4 (1.1)

 Nursing home

260 (31.3)

87 (18.5)

173 (47.9)

 Relocation to the ICU

102 (12.3)

31 (6.6)

71 (19.7)

 Other

49 (5.9)

14 (3.0)

35 (9.7)

 Death

62 (7.5)

4 (0.9)

58 (16.1)

  1. Results as mean ± standard deviation or number of cases (in percent)