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Table 2 Liberation and discharge status on day 180 by care level before intubation and age categories

From: Liberation and discharge status of older patients after invasive mechanical ventilation: a retrospective cohort study

 

All

 

Care level < 3

 

Care level ≥ 3

  
 

(n = 272)

 

(n = 235)

 

(n 37)

  
 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

p-value

Liberation

200

(73.5)

173

(73.6)

27

(73.0)

0.93

Discharge status

 Discharge

116

(42.6)

106

(45.1)

10

(27.0)

0.039

 Hospitalized

54

(19.9)

41

(17.4)

13

(35.1)

0.012

 Deceased

102

(37.5)

88

(37.4)

14

(37.8)

0.96

 

Age 65–74

Age 75–84

Age > 85

 
 

(n = 87)

(n = 123)

(n = 62)

 
 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

p-value

Liberation

59

(67.8)

98

(79.7)

43

(69.4)

0.11

Discharge status

 Discharge

40

(46.0)

55

(44.7)

21

(33.9)

0.28

 Hospitalized

17

(19.5)

26

(21.1)

11

(17.7)

0.86

 Deceased

30

(34.5)

42

(34.1)

30

(48.4)

0.13

  1. p-value: the results of Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
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