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Table 2 Characteristics of patients undergoing non-clinical transfer compared with matched patients not undergoing transfer

From: Effect of non-clinical inter-hospital critical care unit to unit transfer of critically ill patients: a propensity-matched cohort analysis

 

Non-clinical transfer patients (n= 759)

Matched patients not undergoing transfer (n= 1,518)

Pvaluea

Age (years)

55.7 (17.5)

55.7 (17.7)

0.99

Sex

   

   Female

328 (43.2%)

660 (43.5%)

0.91

   Male

431 (56.8%)

858 (56.5%)

 

Quintiles of IMD

   

   1 (least deprived)

107 (14.1%)

231 (15.2%)

0.82

   2

121 (15.9%)

241 (15.9%)

 

   3

140 (18.5%)

297 (19.6%)

 

   4

179 (23.6%)

330 (21.7%)

 

   5 (most deprived)

212 (27.9%)

419 (27.6%)

 

Past medical history of one or more specified serious conditions

   

   No

629 (82.9%)

1,278 (84.2%)

0.42

   Yes

130 (17.1%)

240 (15.8%)

 

Admission type

   

   Unplanned local admission

664 (87.5%)

1,318 (86.8%)

0.75

   Planned local medical admission

7 (0.9%)

10 (0.7%)

 

   Planned local surgical admission

12 (1.6%)

19 (1.3%)

 

   Unplanned transfer in

35 (4.6%)

90 (5.9%)

 

   Planned transfer in

37 (4.9%)

71 (4.7%)

 

   Repatriation

4 (0.5%)

10 (0.7%)

 

Surgical status

   

   Nonsurgical

669 (88.1%)

1,315 (88.6%)

0.37

   Emergency/urgent

73 (9.6%)

174 (11.5%)

 

   Elective/scheduled

17 (2.2%)

29 (1.9%)

 

Reason for admission by body system

   

   Cardiovascular

119 (15.7%)

247 (16.3%)

0.97

   Respiratory

248 (32.7%)

508 (33.5%)

 

   Neurological

152 (20.0%)

286 (18.8%)

 

   Gastrointestinal

103 (13.6%)

197 (13.0%)

 

   Genitourinary including renal

50 (6.6%)

98 (6.5%)

 

   Haematological/immunological

10 (1.3%)

25 (1.7%)

 

   Endocrine, metabolic, thermoregulation and poisoning

51 (6.7%)

108 (7.1%)

 

   Musculoskeletal

17 (2.2%)

26 (1.7%)

 

   Dermatological

9 (1.2%)

23 (1.5%)

 

ICNARC Physiology Score

20.1 (8.3)

20.6 (7.8)

0.31

  1. Characteristics of patients undergoing non-clinical transfer within 48 hours of admission to critical care compared with matched patients not undergoing transfer. Data presented as n (%) or mean (standard deviation). ICNARC, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation. aChi-square test for categorical variables; Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for continuous variables.