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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The mortality of critically ill patients was not associated with inter-hospital transfer due to a shortage of ICU beds - a single-centre retrospective analysis

  Non-transferred patients (n = 8106) Transferred due to shortage of ICU beds (n = 573)
Demographics Female sex, n (%) 3250 (40) 224 (39)
Age, years 63 (48–73) 66 (50–74)*
ICU data SAPS 3 score 57 ± 16 62 ± 15***
ICU days, days 2 (1–4) 3 (2–5)***
Mean NEMS 32 (24–39) 38 (34–43)***
Surgery No surgery, n (%) 4900 (60) 399 (70)***
Acute surgery, n (%) 2176 (27) 138 (24)*
Elective surgery, n (%) 1030 (13) 36 (6)***
Primary ICU diagnosis Infection/sepsis, except respiratory tract infection, n (%) 674 (8) 97 (17)***
Malignancy, n (%) 243 (3) 0 (0)***
Haematological disease, n (%) 35 (0) 0 (0)
Endocrinal disease, n (%) 289 (4) 16 (3)
Intoxication, n (%) 458 (6) 24 (4)
Neurological disease, n (%) 432 (5) 20 (3)
Cardiac disease, except cardiac arrest, n (%) 390 (5) 19 (3)
Cardiac arrest and asphyxia, n (%) 655 (8) 70 (12)*
Subarachnoid haemorrhage, n (%) 78 (1) 0 (0)*
Cerebrovascular event, except SAH, n (%) 231 (3) 7 (1)*
Acute aortic rupture or dissection, n (%) 182 (2) 5 (1)*
Arterial disease, not ruptured aorta, n (%) 251 (3) 2 (0)***
Musculoskeletal disease, n (%) 6 (0) 0 (0)
Circulatory shock, other, n (%) 132 (2) 3 (1)*
Respiratory tract infection, n (%) 361 (4) 69 (12)***
COPD/asthma, n (%) 733 (9) 67 (12)*
Respiratory tract disease, except infection or COPD/asthma, n (%) 128 (2) 6 (1)
Renal/urologic disease, n (%) 108 (1) 15 (3)*
Acute abdomen, except gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%) 224 (3) 25 (4)*
Gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%) 280 (3) 16 (3)
Liver failure, n (%) 292 (4) 5 (1)**
Pancreatitis/cholangitis, n (%) 79 (1) 10 (2)
Psychiatric disease, n (%) 11 (0) 0 (0)
Haemorrhage, other, n (%) 45 (1) 0 (0)
Trauma, except traumatic brain injury, n (%) 602 (7) 73 (13)***
Traumatic brain injury, n (%) 262 (3) 12 (2)
Surgical and medical complications, n (%) 152 (2) 7 (1)
Transplantation, n (%) 351 (4) 0 (0)***
Other, n (%) 33 (0) 0 (0)
Postoperative care, not specified, n (%) 389 (5) 5 (1)***
  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range)
  2. SAPS Simplified Acute Physiologic Score, ICU intensive care unit, NEMS Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower Use Score, SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492

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