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Table 4 Clinical variables predicting decannulation (Logistic regression model)

From: Weaning from tracheostomy in subjects undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation

Variables

Number

Odds ratio

CI95% for OR

P

(Decannulated/Non decannulated)

 

Lower

Upper

Mechanical Ventilation

Absence

18/3

1.00

-

-

-

 

Presence

10/17

9.55

2.07-

44.18

<0.01*

Pulmonary diseases

Absence

13/2

1.00

-

-

-

 

Presence

15/18

7.12

1.20-

42.17

0.03*

Time elapsed with tracheostomy

<= 10 weeks

18/6

1.00

-

-

-

 

>10 weeks

10/14

6.52

1.55-

27.49

0.01*

  1. *Significant difference