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Table 3 Patient statuses at discharge and in-hospital mortality

From: Clinical evidence for respiratory insufficiency type II predicts weaning failure in long-term ventilated, tracheotomised patients: a retrospective analysis

 

Weaning success

n = 60

Weaning failure

n = 64

p value

Therapeutic goal, n (%)

  

0.013

 Limitation of therapy

1 (11%)

8 (89%)

 

 Withdrawal of therapy

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

 

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

5 (20%)

20 (80%)

0.001

HMV at discharge, n (%)

  

0.000

 No ventilation

27 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

 Invasive HMV

0 (0%)

44 (100%)

 

 Non-invasive HMV

28 (100%)

0 (0%)

 
  1. HMV home mechanical ventilation