Table 1.

Patient demographics.

Variable	PRE (n=98)	POST (n=100)	p-value
Age; years	62.4±16.4	62.5±15.8	0.96
Male; n (%)	66 (67.3)	62 (62)	0.43
Actual weight, kg	88.3±24.1	82.3±27.1	0.10
CICU patient type, n (%)
Cardiac medical	96 (98)	94 (96)	0.28
Cardiac surgical	2 (2)	6 (6)	0.28
Reason for admission, n (%)
Cardiogenic shock	23 (23.5)	18 (18)	0.44
Cardiac arrest	12 (12.2)	18 (18)	0.35
Acute coronary syndrome	17 (17.3)	18 (18)	0.91
Arrhythmia	10 (10.2)	7 (7)	0.46
Heart failure (without shock)	11 (11.2)	5 (5)	0.12
Valvular disease	6 (6.1)	9 (9)	0.59
Primary pulmonary process	10 (10.2)	13 (13)	0.67
Sepsis/septic shock	7 (7.1)	4 (4)	0.37
Cardiac other	2 (2)	8 (8)	0.10

CICU: cardiac intensive care unit; POST: post-pathway implementation; PRE: prior to pathway implementation.