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Table 5 Organ support data

From: An observational study to determine the effect of delayed admission to the intensive care unit on patient outcome

 

DelayN = 52

No-DelayN = 546

P-value

Advanced respiratory support days

   

N receiving (%)

48 (92.3)

417 (76.4)

<0.01

median (IQR)

4 (2 to 9)

3 (2 to 7)

0.04

Basic respiratory support days

   

N receiving (%)

31 (59.6)

341 (62.4)

0.67

median (IQR)

2 (1 to 3.3)

2 (1 to 4)

0.98

Advanced CV support days

   

N receiving (%)

23 (44.2)

252 (46.3)

0.89

median (IQR)

4 (2 to 8)

3 (2 to 6)

0.28

Basic CV support days

   

N receiving (%)

47 (90.4)

472 (86.4)

0.42

median (IQR)

4 (2 to 8)

4 (2 to 7)

0.90

Renal support days

   

N receiving (%)

7 (13.4)

99 (18.1)

0.39

median (IQR)

2 (2 to 6)

4 (2 to 12)

0.42

  1. Only patients with critical care data set (n = 598) are included in analysis. Those not fulfilling the criteria for an organ support category (Table 1) were excluded from the analysis of duration of support for that system.