Intraoperative protective ventilation in patients undergoing major neurosurgical interventions: a randomized clinical trial

Table 4 Clinical outcomes

	Control treatment (n = 30)	Protective strategy (n = 30)	P value
Unplanned ICU admission, n (%)	2 (6.7)^a	3 (10.0)^a	0.999
ICU length of stay (days) mean (SD)	0.3 (0.7)	0.3 (0.5)	0.870
Hospital length of stay (days), mean (SD)	8.1 (3.7)	8.6 (3.6)	0.629
ICU mortality, n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.999
Hospital mortality, n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.999

ICU Intensive Care Unit
^aNoteworthy, 1 patient in the control group and 5 patients in protective strategy were admitted also to ICU after surgery because of shortage of subintensive beds due to the admission of other patients after randomization

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