Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Age (years), median (IQR) |
65 (55 to 73) |
| Male gender, number (%) |
44 (62) |
| Admission diagnosis, number (%) |
|
| Medical |
42 (59.2) |
| Surgical |
18 (40.8) |
| Unplanned admission |
56 (78.9) |
| APACHE II scores, median (IQR)_ |
21 (16 to 26) |
| SAPS II, median (IQR) |
43 (36 to 54) |
| ICU LOS (days), median (IQR) |
10 (5 to 20) |
| Hospital LOS (days), median (IQR) |
20 (12 to 34) |
| ICU mortality, number (%) |
16 (22.5) |
| Hospital mortality, number (%) |
20 (28.2) |
| Central venous catheter insertion site, number (%) |
|
| Femoral |
30 (42.3) |
| Jugular |
30 (42.3) |
| Subclavian |
11 (15.5) |
| Type of central venous catheter, number (%) |
|
| Trilumen |
23 (32.4) |
| Quad lumen | 48 (67.6) |
Abbreviations: APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, BMI body-mass index, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, LOS length of stay, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score.