Table 4.

Outcome measures.

Outcome variables	Results		P value
	Historical group	Post-intervention group
Primary outcome
30-day hospital mortality	31/99 (31.3%)	42/199 (21.1%)	0.05
Secondary outcomes
ICU mortality	27 (27.3%)	39 (19.6%)	0.11
Hospital stay, days	21.1 ± 19.6	21.8 ± 19.4	0.89
ICU stay, days	8.2 ± 7.9	7.6 ± 8.3	0.53

Mortalities are described as n (%); Stays are described as mean ± SD, ICU: intensive care unit.