Table 1.
Characteristics of critically ill patients on the 1st and 7th day of admission to the surgical intensive care unit1.
| Characteristics | Day 1 (n = 37) |
Day 7 (n = 37) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender (male/female) | 20/17 | |
| Age (y) | 66.00 ± 2.66 | |
| Body weight (kg) | 62.79 ± 2.51a | 60.95 ± 1.85b |
| APACHE II score | 21.54 ± 1.13 | 20.19 ± 1.48 |
| Length of ventilatory dependency (d) | 22.38 ± 2.60 | |
| Length of SICU day (d) | 17.60 ± 1.47 | |
| Length of hospital stay (d) | 37.14 ± 4.16 | |
| SICU mortality (n, %) | 6 (16.22%) | |
| 28-day mortality (n, %) | 8 (21.62%) | |
1Values are means ± standard error of mean. SICU: surgical intensive care unit; APACHE II score: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score.
a,bValues are significantly different between day 1 and day 7 within the group; P < 0.05.