Table 2.
Characteristics associated with the current hospitalization of ICU patients, Aarhus University Hospital Network, Denmark, 2001 to 2007
| Nonalcoholic patients | Alcoholic patients with complications | Alcoholic patients without complications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Planned/emergency hospital admission | ||||||
| Planned | 3,665 | 23.5 | 44 | 9.9 | 59 | 7.5 |
| Emergency | 11,954 | 76.5 | 400 | 90.1 | 726 | 92.4 |
| Primary diagnosis | ||||||
| Infectious disease | 392 | 2.5 | 15 | 3.4 | 33 | 4.2 |
| Cancer | 2,208 | 14.1 | 15 | 3.4 | 42 | 5.4 |
| Diabetes | 200 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.4 | 13 | 1.7 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 4,310 | 27.6 | 93 | 21.0 | 84 | 10.7 |
| Respiratory disease | 1,443 | 9.2 | 23 | 5.2 | 66 | 8.4 |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 1,419 | 9.1 | 189 | 42.6 | 99 | 12.6 |
| Trauma/poisoning | 3,255 | 20.8 | 44 | 9.9 | 275 | 35.0 |
| Other | 2,393 | 15.3 | 59 | 13.3 | 173 | 22.0 |
| Surgical procedures | ||||||
| No surgery | 7,830 | 50.1 | 339 | 76.4 | 555 | 70.7 |
| Vascular | 2,647 | 17.0 | 15 | 3.4 | 37 | 4.7 |
| Abdominal | 1,342 | 8.6 | 36 | 8.1 | 40 | 5.1 |
| Orthopedic | 881 | 5.6 | 9 | 2.0 | 15 | 1.9 |
| Thoracic | 743 | 4.8 | 29 | 6.5 | 48 | 6.1 |
| Central nervous System |
1,452 | 9.3 | 8 | 1.8 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Other | 724 | 4.6 | 8 | 1.8 | 36 | 4.6 |
| Department | ||||||
| Surgical | 9,376 | 60.0 | 181 | 40.8 | 326 | 41.5 |
| Medical | 6,243 | 40.0 | 263 | 59.2 | 459 | 58.5 |
| Mechanical ventilation | ||||||
| Yes | 6,692 | 42.9 | 172 | 38.7 | 308 | 39.2 |
| Renal replacement therapy | ||||||
| Yes | 1,160 | 7.4 | 38 | 8.6 | 46 | 5.9 |