Table 2.

Comparison of physiologic variables at the time of ICU transfer between non-delayed and delayed ICU transfers.^*

	Transferred within 6 hrs (n = 2055)	Transfer Delayed (n = 1734)	P-value
Respiratory rate, breaths/min	23 (18–30)	22 (18–28)	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	111 (92–134)	109 (92–128)	0.002
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	61 (50–75)	59 (49–71)	<0.001
Heart rate, beats/min	106 (88–124)	101 (85–117)	<0.001
Oxygen saturation, median (IQR), %	97 (94–99)	97 (95–99)	0.15
Temperature, °F	98.0 (97.2–99.1)	98.0 (97.1–99.0)	0.001
Alert mental status, number of observations (%)	1749 (85%)	1431 (83%)	<0.001
eCART score at time of ICU transfer	61 (26–122)	48 (21–121)	0.914
WBC	10.3 (7.5–14.5)	11.7 (8.1–17.0)	<0.001
Hemoglobin	10.7 (9.3–12.0)	10.3 (9.1–11.6)	<0.001
Platelet	215 (137–275)	195 (120–269)	0.017
Sodium	137 (134–140)	137 (134–141)	0.70
K+	4.1 (3.8–4.6)	4.2 (3.8–4.7)	0.006
Anion Gap	10 (8–13)	10 (8–14)	<0.001
CO2	24 (20–26)	23 (18–26)	<0.001
BUN	24 (16–40)	32 (18–53)	<0.001
Cr	1.2 (0.9–2.0)	1.5 (1.0–2.7)	<0.001
GFR	70 (70–70)	70 (51–70)	<0.001
Glucose	123 (106–161)	129 (105–164)	0.48
Calcium	8.5 (7.9–8.8)	8.2 (7.7–8.7)	<0.001
SGOT	26 (26–35)	26 (26–44)	0.001
SGPT	21 (21–27)	21 (20–33)	0.002
Total bilirubin	0.7 (0.7–1.0)	0.7 (0.7–1.3)	<0.001
Alk phos	80 (80–96)	80 (79–111)	0.175
Albumin	3.0 (2.7–3.0)	3.0 (2.4–3.0)	<0.001

^*All data are median (IQR) unless otherwise noted.