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Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov;41(11):10.1097/CCM.0b013e318298291a. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318298291a

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study patients.

Characteristic Electronic checklist (N=125) Prompted (N=171)
Age (years), mean (SD) 62.6 (17.6) 60.0 (17.8)
Gender (male), no. (%) 66 (52.8) 88 (51.5)
Race, no. (%)
 White 52 (42.3) 80 (47.9)
 African American 36 (29.3) 44 (26.4)
 Hispanic 11 (8.9) 17 (10.2)
 Asian 2 (1.6) 5 (3.0)
 Other or declined 22 (17.9) 21 (12.6)
Location prior to MICU, no. (%)
 Emergency Department 67 (54.0) 92 (53.8)
 General medical ward 53 (42.7) 64 (37.4)
 Outside hospital transfer 4 (3.2) 15 (8.8)
Diagnosis, no. (%)a,b
 Sepsis 36 (29.0) 66 (38.6)
 Pneumonia 29 (23.4) 31 (18.1)
 Obstructive airways disease 4 (3.2) 9 (5.3)
 Other respiratoryc 17 (13.7) 12 (7.0)
 GI hemorrhage 5 (4.0) 4 (2.3)
 Metabolic 8 (6.5) 1 (0.6)
 Neurologic 2 (1.6) 8 (4.7)
 Drug intoxication/withdrawal 1 (0.8) 5 (2.9)
 Other 22 (17.7) 35 (20.5)
Diagnosis, no. (%)a,d
 Sepsis or pneumonia 65 (52.4) 97 (56.7)
 All other diagnoses 59 (47.6) 74 (43.3)
Sepsis sub-diagnosis, no. (%)a
 Pulmonary 5 (13.9) 18 (27.3)
 GI 1 (2.8) 4 (6.1)
 Urinary 10 (27.8) 9 (13.6)
 Soft Tissue 4 (11.1) 7 (10.6)
 Other or unknown 16 (44.4) 28 (42.4)
Mechanical ventilation within 24 hours of ICU admission, no. (%) 49 (39.5) 56 (32.8)
Hospital discharge disposition among survivors, no. (%)e
 Home 81 (85.3) 104 (74.3)
 Skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility 10 (10.5) 30 (21.4)
 Long-term acute care hospital 2 (2.1) 5 (3.6)
 Short-term acute care hospital 2 (2.1) 1 (0.7)
APACHE IV predicted LOS, daysf 5.6 (1.5) 5.6 (1.7)
APACHE IV predicted mortality, no. (%)f,g 42.8 (34.2) 46.7 (27.5)
a

Diagnoses, including sepsis sub-diagnoses, are adapted from the APACHE IV prediction models.[19, 20]

b

P=0.012 (Fisher’s exact).

c

Includes ARDS, pulmonary hemorrhage/hemoptysis, pleural effusion, respiratory arrest, lung cancer, sleep apnea, and non-specified respiratory diagnoses.

d

P=0.46.

e

P=0.085 (Fisher’s exact).

f

Missing data: one patient.

g

P=0.043.

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