Table 2.

Main reason for patient evaluation at first ICU triage.

	Accepted to ICU n = 195 (57.7%)	Refused to ICU n = 139 (42.3%)	P value accepted versus refused
Cardiac arrest	10 (5.1%)	10 (7.2%)	0.433
Cardiovascular	112 (57.4%)	72 (51.8%)	0.307
Respiratory	8 (4.1%)	22 (15.8%)	0.000
Neurologic	6 (3.1%)	9 (6.5%)	0.139
Intoxications	3 (1.5%)	4 (2.9%)	0.400
Digestive	4 (2.1%)	2 (1.4%)	0.678
Surgical	7 (3.6%)	2 (1.4%)	0.231
Infectious	43 (22.1%)	14 (10.1%)	0.004
Renal/genitourinary	0 (0%)	4 (2.9%)	0.017
Others	2 (1%)	0 (0%)	0.513

Data are shown as number (percentage).