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. 2015 Nov;12(11):1646–1653. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201507-408OC

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients and intensive care unit setting

  n (%) or Median (IQR)
Admission source  
 Emergency room 17 (32)
 Hospital ward 10 (19)
 Transfer OSH 22 (42)
 Postoperative 2 (4)
 Other 1 (2)
ICU type  
 Medical 43 (83)
 Surgical 9 (17)
APACHE II score 18 (12–24)
Discharge disposition  
 Home 40 (70)
 Nursing home 11 (20)
 Long-term acute care 1 (2)
 Hospice 1 (2)
 Dead 4 (6)

Definition of abbreviations: APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; OSH = outside hospital.