Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| Standard care | SOD | SDD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | 289 | 286 | 296 |
| Sex (male/female) | 187/102 | 181/105 | 180/116 |
| Age | |||
| Mean (median) | 56.7 (59) | 57.9 (61) | 57.0 (60) |
| SD | 18 | 17.1 | 17.5 |
| Range | 16–93 | 12–87 | 16–87 |
| APACHE II at ICU admission | |||
| Mean (median) | 18.9 (18) | 19.8 (19) | 20.1 (19) |
| SD | 7.85 | 7.86 | 7.98 |
| Range | 4–48 | 4–45 | 0–45 |
| LOS in ICU | |||
| Mean (median) | 13.6 (8) | 12.6 (8) | 14.2 (9) |
| SD | 15 | 11.8 | 15.1 |
| Range | 1–141 | 1–93 | 1–121 |
| Mechanical ventilation in ICU | |||
| Yes (%) | 243 (84)* | 274 (96)* | 279 (94)* |
| No | 46 | 12 | 17 |
| Specialty | |||
| Cardiology | 9 | 15 | 10 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 13 | 27 | 16 |
| Surgery | 109 | 94 | 117 |
| Medical | 61 | 54 | 61 |
| Pulmonology | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Neurosurgery | 38 | 49 | 43 |
| Neurology | 28 | 26 | 23 |
| Other | 23 | 13 | 19 |
| No. of surgical patients | 126 | 127 | 137 |
LOS Length of stay
* Standard care versus SOD and SDD significantly different (p = 0.000), no difference between SOD and SDD