Epidemiologic analysis of patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a general hospital

Table 1 Comparative data between patients according to the admission origin

	Ward (n = 41)	Surgical room (n = 52)	Emergency Department (n = 43)	Other ICU^a (n = 11)
Gender (male/female)	23/18	32/20	20/23	7/4
Mean age (years)	63.95	59.81	67.95	72.27
Mean duration in the ICU (days)	8.85	3.71	6.91	8.73
Vasoactive drugs (%)^b	22.50	19.23	24.39	36.36
Invasive ventilation (%)^b	51.51	15.38	32.55	45.45
Readmission rate (%)	9.75	4.00	4.87	57.14
Infection rate (%)^c	34.14	9.61	13.95	45.45
Mortality rate (%)	31.70	10.63	34.37	45.45

^aOther intensive care unit (ICU), specialized coronary and gastrohepatology ICU. ^bIn the first 24 hours. ^cAt admission.

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