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Table 1 Patient numbers and disease severity before and after Introduction of MPU.

From: Triage after drug overdose: effect of the Introduction of a medical psychiatry unit on the allocation of ICU beds

 

Before MPU (18 months)

Since MPU (51 months)

Difference

95% CI

Pvalue

Admissions per month

4.9

3.5

-1.4

-2.7 to -0.1

0.04

APACHE II score

8.4

12.5

+4.0

+1.8 to +6.2

0.0004

APACHE III score

30.9

40.3

+ 9.4

+2.6 to +16.2

0.0069

Length of stay

0.8

1.3

+ 0.5

-0.0 to +1.0

0.05