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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: a controlled cross-sectional trial

Characteristic

C-U (80 patient-days)

PB-U (80 patient-days)

P

Age (years)

61.5 (45–71)

54 (37–65)

0.021

Drug prescriptions

17 (11–20)

15 (12.25–18)

0.386

APACHE II

20 (15–30)

20 (16–24)

0.275

SOFA

5 (3–9)

6 (4–8)

0.267

Renal failure (%)

31.2

37.5

0.407

LOS

2 (1–8)

5 (2–9)

0.016

  1. Data are expressed as median with interquartile range in parentheses. Drug prescriptions is the number of drug prescriptions at screening day. APACHE II is the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score at day 0. SOFA is the sepsis-related organ failure assessment score at screening day. Renal failure is creatinine clearance <50 ml/minute. LOS, length of stay at screening day. C-U, computerized unit; PB-U, paper-based unit.