Table 2 Characteristics of ICU admissions of ≥2 days before and after sink removal
Pre intervention | Post intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | P-value | |
ICU admissions with LOS of ≥48 h | N = 1496 | N = 1444 | |||
First or re-admission | |||||
Primary admissions | 1351 | 90.3% | 1307 | 90.5% | 0.85 |
Re-admissions | 145 | 9.7% | 137 | 9.5% | |
Age, median (IQR) | 62 | [50–70] | 63 | [52–71] | 0.07 |
Male sex, n (%) | 890 | 59.5% | 856 | 59.4% | 0.94 |
BMI, mean (SD) | 26.1 | 5.3 | 26.3 | 5.2 | 0.31 |
ICU mortality, n (%) | 174 | 11.6% | 146 | 10.1% | 0.19 |
Hospital mortality, n (%) | 225 | 15.0% | 207 | 14.3% | 0.59 |
ICU Lenght of stay (LOS), median days (IQR) | 3 | [2–6] | 3 | [2–6] | 0.90 |
ICU LOS, n (%) | |||||
2 days | 674 | 45.1% | 653 | 45.2% | 0.38 |
3–4 days | 355 | 23.7% | 351 | 24.3% | |
5–6 days | 127 | 8.5% | 113 | 7.8% | |
7–9 days | 106 | 7.1% | 94 | 6.5% | |
10–13 days | 81 | 5.4% | 60 | 4.2% | |
≥ 14 days | 153 | 10.2% | 173 | 12.0% | |
Apache score, mean (SD) | 18.7 | 7.2 | 18.2 | 7.2 | 0.27 |
Days on respirator, median (IQR) | 2 | [0–4] | 1 | [0–4] | 0.38 |
Comorbidity at ICU admission, n ‘yes’ (%) | |||||
Any comorbidity | 573 | 38.3% | 504 | 34.9% | 0.06 |
Cardiovascular insufficiency | 93 | 6.2% | 70 | 4.8% | 0.11 |
Respiratory insufficiency | 116 | 7.8% | 71 | 4.9% | 0.002 |
Diabetes | 180 | 12.0% | 168 | 11.6% | 0.74 |
Chronic renal insufficiency | 97 | 6.5% | 83 | 5.7% | 0.41 |
Neoplasm | 130 | 8.7% | 112 | 7.8% | 0.36 |
Immune-insufficiency | 166 | 11.1% | 166 | 11.5% | 0.93 |
Medical specialty, n (%) | |||||
Surgery | 330 | 22.1% | 361 | 25.0% | 0.04 |
Neurosurgery | 239 | 16.0% | 200 | 13.9% | |
Thoracic surgery | 234 | 15.6% | 245 | 17.0% | |
Pulmonary disease | 125 | 8.4% | 139 | 9.6% | |
Internal medicine | 64 | 4.3% | 72 | 5.0% | |
Other | 504 | 33.7% | 427 | 29.6% | |
Admission type, n (%) | |||||
Medical | 732 | 48.9% | 712 | 49.3% | 0.06 |
Elective | 528 | 35.3% | 464 | 32.1% | |
Emergency | 236 | 15.8% | 268 | 18.6% | |
Admission source, n (%) | |||||
Emergency | 372 | 24.9% | 344 | 23.8% | 0.27 |
Clinical department | 292 | 19.5% | 302 | 20.9% | |
Other IC unit | 93 | 6.2% | 69 | 4.8% | |
Other | 739 | 49.4% | 729 | 50.5% | |