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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with daytime and nighttime Rapid Response Team activation

From: Impact of nighttime Rapid Response Team activation on outcomes of hospitalized patients with acute deterioration

 

Daytime hours (0800–1659)

(n = 2656)

Nighttime hours (1700–0759)

(n = 3367)

P value

Age, years, mean (SD)

67.3 (16.7)

67.9 (16.7)

0.18

Male sex, n (%)

1377 (53.0)

1816 (53.9)

0.91

Admission source, n (%)

0.97

 Home

1854 (69.8)

2357 (70.0)

 

 Acute care facility transfer

296 (11.1)

379 (11.3)

 

 Long-term care facility transfer

240 (9.0)

306 (9.1)

 

 Unknown

266 (10.0)

325 (9.6)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Congestive heart failure

419 (15.8)

553 (16.4)

0.54

 Arrhythmia

587 (22.1)

780 (23.2)

0.37

 Valvular disease

80 (3.0)

100 (3.0)

0.90

 Peripheral vascular disease

174 (6.6)

235 (7.0)

0.54

 Hypertension

1007 (37.9)

1081 (32.1)

< 0.001

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

421 (15.9)

533 (15.8)

0.93

 Diabetes mellitus

1183 (44.5)

1499 (44.5)

0.89

 Renal failure

262 (9.9)

352 (10.5)

0.48

 Liver disease

172 (6.5)

189 (5.6)

0.15

 Metastatic cancer

376 (14.2)

523 (15.5)

0.15

Elixhauser comorbidity score, mean (SD)

9.0 (8.3)

9.1 (8.5)

0.51

Emergency department visits in past year, median (IQR)

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

0.20

Hospital admissions in past year, median (IQR)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.35

ICU admissions in past year, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.39

  1. ICU Intensive care unit
  2. Boldface font indicates statistical significance