Summary of data of all patients before and after institution of educational meetings and Trauma Guide app
| All data January 2017–June 2020 | Baseline January 2017–June 2018 | Educational meetings/algorithm July 2018–June 2020 | Comparison test | |
| Patients, N | 117 | 48 | 69 | |
| Male sex (%) | 72 (62) | 25 (52) | 47 (68) | χ2=0, p=1 |
| Median age (years) (range) | 59 (18–93) | 62 (23–92) | 58 (18–93) | Mann-Whitney U W=1900, p=0.2, r=0.1 |
| Median time to tracheostomy (days) (range) | 10 (1–57) | 14 (4–57) | 8 (1–32) | Mann-Whitney U W=2268, p≤0.001, r=0.31 |
| Hospital LOS (days) (range) | 28 (10–165) | 38 (13–116) | 24 (10–165) | Mann-Whitney U W=2334, p<0.001, r=0.35 |
| VAP (%) | 50 (43) | 19 (40) | 31 (45) | χ2=1.7, p=0 |
| Bleeding complication (%) | 4 (3) | 1 (2) | 3 (4) | Fisher’s, p=0.06 |
Data were compared by Mann-Whitney U tests (numerical), χ2 (categorical, expected values ≥5) and two-sided Fisher’s exact tests (categorical, expected values <5).
*All patients were assigned male or female sex at birth.
LOS, length of stay; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.