Table 1 Patient demographics and ICU admission characteristics
Pre-IMC period | IMC period | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 548 | 479 | |
Number of stays | 579 | 517 | |
ICU days | 4083 | 3692 | |
Number of beds | 17 | 16 | |
Gender, (% male) | 58% | 60% | 0.57* |
Age, (mean, ±SD) | 55 (18.1) | 56 (18.2) | 0.80** |
% surgical | 60.2% | 61.5% | 0.59* |
Diagnostic category | 0.50* | ||
Neuro-neurosurgical | 26.5% | 29.5% | |
Respiratory | 22.4% | 19.8% | |
Gastro-intestinal | 19.4% | 19.2% | |
Cardiovascular | 12.7% | 14.7% | |
Multi-trauma | 11.2% | 8.4% | |
Sepsis | 4% | 4.2% | |
Metabolic/renal | 3.6% | 3.4% | |
Haematological | 0.2% | 0.8% | |
APACHE II (mean, ±SD) | 19.3 (8.1) | 19.6 (7.6) | 0.43** |
TISS-28 on ICU admission day (mean, ±SD) | 28.7 (10.6) | 30.6 (11.0) | 0.005** |