Table 1.
The clinical and demographic characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit
| Variables | Total (n=437) |
|---|---|
| Male | 249 (57.0) |
| Age (years) | 58.2±18.9 |
| Emergency room origin | 222 (50.8) |
| Type of hospitalization | |
| Clinical | 249 (57.0) |
| Elective surgery | 118 (27.0) |
| Emergency surgery | 70 (16.0) |
| Admission diagnosis | |
| Sepsis | 162 (37.1) |
| PO neurosurgery | 47 (10.7) |
| Post-cardiac arrest | 29 (6.6) |
| PO thoracic surgery | 24 (5.5) |
| PO cardiac surgery | 23 (5.2) |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 19 (4.3) |
| PO gastrointestinal surgery | 17 (3.9) |
| Stroke | 13 (3.0) |
| PO peripheral vascular surgery | 13 (3.0) |
| Heart failure | 9 (2.1) |
| Other | 81 (18.5) |
| Chronic disease | |
| Immunosuppression | 24 (5.5) |
| Liver cirrhosis | 14 (3.2) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 7 (1.6) |
| Heart failure | 5 (1.1) |
| Chronic renal failure | 3 (0.7) |
| APACHE II score | 21.71±9.51 |
| SOFA score at admission | 7.24±4.41 |
| SOFA score (mean) | 6.90±4.45 |
| TISS-28 at admission | 25.77±7.19 |
| TISS-28 (mean) | 25.78±6.64 |
| NAS at admission | 87.54±8.26 |
| NAS (mean) | 74.47±8.77 |
| Length of stay in ICU | 9.16±11.35 |
| ICU mortality rate | 179 (41.0) |
| Hospital mortality rate | 215 (49.2) |
PO - post-operative; APACHE II - Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; NAS - Nursing Activities Score; SOFA - Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; TISS-28 - Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; ICU - intensive care unit. The results are expressed as the number (%) or mean±standard deviation.