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Table 1 Onset and duration of mechanical ventilation and chest tube insertion for the study cases

From: Impact of flail chest injury on morbidity and outcome: ten years’ experience at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country

 

MV onset (days)

MV duration (days)

Chest tube onset (days)

Chest tube duration (days)

Median (IQR)

2.0 (1–4)

12.0 (9–18)

1.0 (1–3)

6.0 (4–9)