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).