Table 3.
The distribution of the risk factors amongst patients in the three departments
| Number of patients with: | |
| 0 risk factors | 10 |
| 1 risk factor | 10 |
| 2 risk factors | 8 |
| > 2 risk factors | 2 |
| Risk factor weights (%): | |
| High age (a) | 50 |
| Diabetes (b) | 10 |
| Heart disease (c) | 3 |
| High fall risk (d) | 5 |
| Neurologic problem (e) | 3 |
| Tracheotomy (f) | 10 |
| COPD (g) | 3 |
| Paraplegia (h) | 3 |
| Pneumonia (i) | 3 |
| Disoriented/confused (j) | 5 |
| Gastric Bleeding within 48 h (k) | 3 |
| Transferred from ICU (l) | 1 |
| Transferred from ICU within 72 h (m) | 0 |
| Reanimated (n) | 1 |
| Reanimated within 72 h (o) | 0 |