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Table 2 ICU nonsurvivors

From: Variations in the length of stay of intensive care unit nonsurvivors in three scandinavian countries

 

Total

Finland

Norway

Sweden

P a

Number of deaths in ICU

4,853

1,257

1,358

2,238

--

Male (%)

57.3

62.9

53.8

46.2

< 0.001

Age (years), mean (SD)

67.2 (16.8)

64.1 (15.5)

68.0 (18.1)

68.5 (16.4)

< 0.001

LOS (days) median (IQR)

1.5 (0.5-4.2)

1.3 (0.5-3.8)

1.9 (0.6-5.4)

1.3 (0.5-3.6)

< 0.001

LOS (days) mean (SD)

4.3 (9.1)

3.7 (7.8)

5.5 (10.6)

4.0 (8.7)

--

SAPS II, mean (SD)

61.5 (19.4)

65.2 (19.9)

57.7 (18.1)

n.a.

< 0.001

APACHE II, mean (SD)

29.9 (9.0)

32.8 (9.6)

n.a.

27.8 (8.0)

< 0.001

  1. LOS, length of stay in the ICU; n.a., not available. aComparisons between countries: Age analyzed with one-way ANOVA; gender, with χ2 test for categoric variables; LOS analyzed with Kruskal-Wallis; SAPS II and APACHE II analyzed with the Student t test.