Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristics. |
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Variable |
Pre-Intervention (n = 753) |
Post-Intervention (n = 803) |
P-value |
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Age, years (mean ± SD) |
59.4 ± 20.8 |
58.2 ± 20.3 |
0.26 |
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Sex, male (%) |
63.5 |
61.9 |
0.54 |
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Source |
0.11 |
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Emergency (%) |
43.4 |
43.3 |
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Ward (%) |
30.6 |
29.5 |
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Other (%) |
26.0 |
27.2 |
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Diagnostic category |
0.04 |
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Trauma (%) |
29.6 |
35.3 |
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Respiratory (%) |
27.7 |
22.6 |
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Neuro (%) |
11.7 |
13.8 |
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Gastrointestinal (%) |
7.8 |
6.1 |
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Cardiovascular (%) |
6.9 |
6.0 |
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Other (%) |
16.3 |
16.2 |
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Length of mechanical ventilation, days (mean ± SD) |
6.5 ± 10.9 |
6.1 ± 8.1 |
NA |
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Ventilator-free days (mean ± SD) |
16.9 ± 10.9 |
17.2 ± 10.7 |
NA |
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Apache II score (mean ± SD) |
22.3 ± 7.9 |
22.3 ± 8.6 |
0.97 |
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Mortality, % (95% CI) |
23.5 (20.5, 26.7) |
22.2 (19.3, 25.2) |
0.54 |
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APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; NA, not applicable |
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Amaral et al. Critical Care 2012 16:R78 doi:10.1186/cc11335 |
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