Table 3.
Clinical outcome data for ICU survivors enrolled in the QI project (Pre-QI data is included for comparison)b
| Pre-QI | Improvement Cycle 1 |
Improvement Cycle 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January to March |
2012 (n=16) |
2013 (n=19) |
2014 (n=24) |
2015 (n=22) |
2016 (n=19) |
| Time to first out of bed mobilisation (days) | 16.3 (10.9) | 9.3 (8.3) | 6.4 (4.1) | 8.0 (4.7) | 4.3 (2.7) |
| ICU length of stay | 20.8 (15.5) | 18.9 (19.5) | 13.0 (9.6) | 14.2 (8.5) | 11.2 (7.7) |
| No. of therapy sessions, per day per patient | 0.4 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.4) | 1.2 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.3) |
| Hospital length of stay | 45.4 (50.4) | 36.9 (28.3) | 30.2 (23.7) | 33.5 (32.2) | 29.6 (18.4) |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) | 15.8 (14.6) | 13.8 (16.0) | 7.3 (6.9) | 7.9 (6.2) | 8.7 (6.1) |
| Ventilator-free days (within first 28 days) | 14.4 (9.9) | 17.1 (9.3) | 20.7 (6.9) | 20.2 (6.2) | 19.3 (6.1) |
bICU: Intensive Care Unit.
Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation), unless otherwise indicated.