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Table 1 Overall and weekday-specific patient characteristics

From: Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care

 

Weekday of admission

Variable

Total

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Patient admissions, n

151,268

24,367

25,866

25,810

25,312

24,075

13,279

12,559

Age (years), median (IQR)

68 (54–77)

68 (55–77)

67 (55–77)

67 (55–76)

67 (55–76)

68 (55–77)

67 (52–78)

68 (52–78)

Male sex, n (%)

86,564 (57.2%)

13,920 (57.1%)

14,778 (57.1%)

14,648 (56.8%)

14,456 (57.1%)

13,807 (57.4%)

7745 (58.3%)

7210 (57.4%)

SAPS 3, median (IQR)

44 (34–56)

43 (34–55)

42 (33–54)

42 (33–54)

42 (33–54)

43 (34–55)

48 (37–61)

48 (37–61)

TISS 28 score, median (IQR)

 Total, per patient

73 (46–165)

70 (46–147)

69 (46–145)

68 (45–155)

69 (46–168)

84 (48–169)

89 (44–206)

81 (42–192)

 On admission day

29 (23–35)

29 (23–35)

29 (23–35)

29 (23–35)

29 (23–35)

29 (23–35)

29 (21–36)

28 (21–36)

ICU LOS (days), median (IQR)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–7)

3 (2–6)

LOS before ICU admission > 2 days, n (%)

51451 (34.5%)

9491 (39.5%)

8322 (32.7%)

9308 (36.7%)

9144 (36.7%)

9081 (38.4%)

3028 (23.0%)

3077 (24.7%)

Type of admission, n (%)

 Medical

55,356 (36.6%)

8484 (34.8%)

8505 (32.9%)

8713 (33.8%)

8401 (33.2%)

8082 (33.6%)

6682 (50.3%)

6489 (51.7%)

 Unscheduled surgery

23,180 (15.3%)

3239 (13.3%)

3452 (13.4%)

3480 (13.5%)

3609 (14.3%)

3802 (15.8%)

2968 (22.4%)

2630 (20.9%)

 Scheduled surgery

49,237 (32.6%)

8990 (36.9%)

10,063 (38.9%)

9750 (37.8%)

9469 (37.4%)

8399 (34.9%)

1329 (10.0%)

1237 (9.9%)

 Unspecified surgery

16,287 (10.8%)

2541 (10.4%)

2707 (10.5%)

2696 (10.5%)

2652 (10.5%)

2618 (10.9%)

1561 (11.8%)

1512 (12.0%)

 Not available

7208 (4.8%)

1113 (4.6%)

1139 (4.4%)

1171 (4.5%)

1181 (4.7%)

1174 (4.9%)

739 (5.6%)

691 (5.5%)

ICU mortality, n (%)

13,887 (9.2%)

2143 (8.8%)

2118 (8.2%)

2073 (8.0%)

1991 (7.9%)

2134 (8.9%)

1740 (13.1%)

1688 (13.4%)

Hospital mortality, n (%)

20,537 (13.7%)

3173 (13.2%)

3137 (12.3%)

3159 (12.4%)

3037 (12.1%)

3209 (13.5%)

2423 (18.5%)

2399 (19.4%)

  1. SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, TISS Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System, LOS length of stay