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Table 3 ICU stay duration, life support therapies, and procedures during patients’ ICU stays (n = 2130 patients)

From: Risk factors and events in the adult intensive care unit associated with pain as self-reported at the end of the intensive care unit stay

Variable

 

Days in ICU, median (interquartile range)

5 (3–8)

Life support therapies

 

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

1203 (56%)

Noninvasive ventilation, n (%)

712 (33%)

Use of vasopressors, n (%)

867 (41%)

Renal replacement therapy, n (%)

182 (9%)

Procedures during ICU stay, n (%) (total involved patients)

 Chest drain insertion

150 (7%)

 Chest drain removal

398 (19%)

 Use of bladder catheter

1763 (83%)

  Arterial catheter insertion

886 (42%)

 Central venous catheter insertion

789 (37%)

 Bronchoscopy

176 (8%)

 Complex dressing change

419 (20%)

 Intra-hospital transport

610 (29%)

  1. ICU intensive care unit
  2. aUse of bladder catheter during any period of the ICU stay was recorded without information on patients’ ventilation conditions (mechanical ventilation, NIV, or SV) at the time of bladder catheter insertion