an observed trendp = 0.073
Furthermore, there was an observed trend towards shorter overall hospital stays (median: 24 days vs 28 days; p = 0.073), as indicated in Table S12 ; however, no significant association was identified with in-hospital mortality (11.41% vs 14.77%; p = 0.931) or 28-day mortality (8.05% vs 10.74%; p = 0.506), as shown in Table S13 .