Table 2.

Proportion whose Medications were Discontinued on Discharge from ICU or Hospital^*

Medication	Proportion Discontinued on ICU Discharge	Proportion Discontinued on Hospital Discharge
Acid-suppressing drugs†	26% (80/310)	25% (72/287)
Allopurinol	52% (28/54)	50% (25/50)
Antiplatelet/anticoagulants‡	27% (119/448)	23% (92/405)
l-thyroxine preparations	16% (27/170)	21% (23/110)
Non-prn Inhalers§	19% (45/243)	20% (43/219)
Statins	30% (87/289)	21% (58/271)
Overall proportion per patient	37% (307/834)	33% (251/758)

^*Some patients were on more than 1 of the selected medications

^†Acid-suppressing drugs=H2 antagonists and proton pump inhibitors

^‡Antiplatelets/anticoagulants=aspirin, clopidogrel, ticlopidine, warfarin

^§Non-prn inhalers=anticholinergic, β-agonist, or steroid inhalers.