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Table 2 Comparison of the demographics and allocation units for patients admitted during the control and MET periods

From: Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery

 

Control period

MET period

P value

Number of patients

1116

1067

-

Age average (standard deviation)

60.8 (19.7)

60.1 (19.5)

0.46

Percentage female

41.52

42.61

0.49

Number of procedures

1369

1313

 

Procedures per parent unit

   Cardiac surgerya

188

141

0.04

   Thoracic surgery

141

117

0.22

   General surgery/colorectal

288

313

0.08

   Orthopaedic surgerya

253

289

0.02

   Vascular surgery

160

132

0.17

   Haematology

5

1

0.22

   Neurosurgerya

147

112

0.05

   Plastic surgery

77

84

0.40

   Spinal injury unit

3

5

0.50

   Liver transplant unit

28

15

0.06

   Nephrology

8

2

0.11

   Cardiology

4

4

>0.99

   Oncology

6

2

0.29

   Urologya

23

48

0.001

   Gynaecology

7

12

0.21

   Paediatric surgery

11

8

0.55

   General medicine

10

3

0.09

   ENT/faciomaxillary surgerya

9

24

0.005

  1. aIndicates statistically significant differences in the proportion of admissions. ENT, ear, nose and throat; MET, medical emergency team.