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. 2006 Jun;47(3):385–397.

Table 4.

Hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) performance and risk factors for in-ICU mortality


No. (%) of patients*
Characteristic total (n = 314) survivors (n = 176) non-survivors (n = 138)
Time spent in emergency department (hours):
  ≤1 69 (22.0) 32 (18.2) 37 (26.8)
  >1, ≤2 46 (14.6) 25 (14.2) 21 (15.2)
  >2, ≤3 37 (11.8) 22 (12.5) 15 (10.9)
  >3 162 (51.6) 97 (55.1) 65 (47.1)
Time of ICU admission:
  08 am-04 pm 119 (37.9) 65 (36.9) 54 (39.1)
  04 pm-12 pm 153 (48.7) 84 (47.7) 69 (50.0)
  00 am-08 am 42 (13.4) 27 (15.3) 15 (10.9)
Physician in charge:
  ICU staff 152 (48.4) 92 (52.3) 60 (43.5)
  non-ICU staff 162 (51.6.) 84 (47.7) 78 (56.5)

*Stepwise logistic analysis showed no significant differences.