Table 3.

Outcomes

Treatment Outcomes	Intensive Care Units (n=72)	General Wards (n=108)	P
Primary outcome
28-day mortality, n (%)	32 (44.4)	22 (20.4)	0.001*
Secondary outcomes
Hospital length of stay, mean ± SD, days	24.8 ± 22.8	23.3 ± 21.1	0.64
ICU length of stay, mean ± SD, days	9.7 ± 8.5	0	< 0.001*
Ventilator free days within 28 days, mean ± SD, days	15.4 ± 22.3	13.0 ± 19.3	0.48
Norepinephrine days, mean ± SD, days	4.7 ± 4.5	4.1 ± 3.5	0.46
Renal replacement therapy free day within 28 days, mean ± SD, days	22.7 ± 31.8	25.3 ± 21.0	0.89

Note: *Statistically significant.

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.