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Patient and hospital characteristics |
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| Pre-IMC period |
IMC period |
P value |
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| n = 329 |
n = 475 |
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| Number of ICU beds |
17 |
16 |
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| Number of IMC beds |
- |
6 |
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| Gender, percentage of males |
61.2% |
59.6% |
0.67a |
| Age, mean ± SD, years |
57 ± 18.3 |
56 ± 18.0 |
0.20b |
| Age, 25%/median/75%, years |
43/60/72 |
44/59/70 |
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| Surgical patients, number (percentage) |
175 (53.2%) |
277 (60.6%) |
0.04a |
| Diagnostic category, number (percentage) |
<0.01a |
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| Neurosurgical |
41 (12.5%) |
141 (30.9%) |
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| Respiratory |
88 (26.7%) |
87 (19%) |
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| Gastrointestinal |
18 (5.5%) |
14 (3.1%) |
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| Cardiovascular |
105 (31.9%) |
134 (29.3%) |
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| Multitrauma |
36 (10.9%) |
41 (9%) |
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| Sepsis |
16 (4.9%) |
20 (4.4%) |
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| Metabolic/Renal |
17 (5.2%) |
16 (3.6%) |
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| Haematological |
2 (0.6%) |
4 (0.9%) |
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| Length of stay in the ICU, mean ± SD, days |
5.8 ± 9.2 |
7.0 ± 2.4 |
0.25b |
| Length of stay in the ICU, 25%/median/75%, days |
1/3/6 |
1/2/8.5 |
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| APACHE II score, mean ± SD (number) |
19.5 ± 8.2 (230) |
19.9 ± 7.6 (279) |
0.44b |
| APACHE II score, 25%/median/75% |
13/19/24 |
14/19/25 |
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| TISS-28 score on 1st day, mean ± SD |
28.9 ± 10.8 |
30.2 ± 11.0 |
0.16b |
| TISS-28 score on 1st day, 25%/median/75% |
21/28/36 |
22/29/37 |
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| TISS-28 ICU stay, mean ± SD |
26.9 ± 9.3 |
28.6 ± 9.6 |
0.02b |
| TISS-28 ICU stay, 25%/median/75% |
20/26/33 |
22/28/35 |
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| Mortality in the ICU, number (percentage) |
64 (19.5%) |
115 (25.2%) |
0.06a |
| Mortality after ICU, number (percentage) |
13 (4.0%) |
14 (3.1%) |
0.77a |
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aChi-square tests. bMann-Whitney tests. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; ICU, intensive care unit; IMC, intermediate care unit; SD, standard deviation; TISS-28, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System with a median value of 28. | |||
Solberg et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R68 doi:10.1186/cc6903 |
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