TABLE 3.
PROCESS OF CARE OUTCOMES
Variable | Prompted (n = 140) | Control (n = 125) | P Value |
Ventilator-free days | 22 (14–26) | 16 (0–21.5) | 0.028 |
Antibiotics | |||
Empirical antibiotics, d | 2 (1–3) | 3 (2–7) | 0.012 |
Total antibiotics, d | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–7) | 0.41 |
Proportion empirical antibiotics* | 0.77 (0.32) | 0.91 (0.29) | <0.001 |
Central venous catheter, d | 3 (2–5) | 5 (2–8) | 0.007 |
Foley catheter, d | 3 (2–7) | 4 (2–11) | 0.29 |
DVT prophylaxis/eligible | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (0.6–1) | <0.001 |
Proportion DVT prophylaxis* | 0.96 (0.18) | 0.76 (0.35) | |
Stress ulcer prophylaxis/eligible | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (0.75–1) | <0.001 |
Proportion stress ulcer prophylaxis* | 0.93 (0.22) | 0.83 (0.31) |
Definition of abbreviation: DVT = deep vein thrombosis.
Values shown are medians (interquartile range) unless otherwise noted. Only patients who were exposed to each variable were included in its analysis (e.g., only patients who received mechanical ventilation during their intensive care unit stay were included in the ventilator-free analysis).
Mean (SD).