Table 3. Characteristics at ICU discharge.
Variable | Discharged with no delay(N = 478) | Discharged with delay (N = 477) | P Value |
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Tracheostomy | 0% (n = 0/475) | 1% (n = 5/473) | 0.26 |
Isolation room | 2% (n = 9/472) | 5% (n = 23/469) | 0.026 |
Cardiac Monitoring | 6% (n = 28/474) | 7% (n = 33/471) | 0.68 |
Non Invasive Ventilation | 2% (n = 9/454) | 1% (n = 5/460) | 0.61 |
Total Parenteral Nutrition | 3% (n = 14/451) | 2% (n = 9/460) | 0.54 |
Renal Replacement Therapy | 1% (n = 5/455) | 1% (n = 5/459) | 0.58 |
Glasgow Coma Scale (mean, SD) | 14.81 (0.73) (n = 358) | 14.83 (0.66) (n = 377) | 0.62 |
Treatment Limitations | 11% (n = 49/448) | 12% (n = 54/451) | 0.71 |
Not for CPR | 100% (n = 49) | 88.9% (n = 48) | |
Not for Intubation | 93.9% (n = 46) | 81.5% (n = 44) | |
Not for RRT | 36.7% (n = 18) | 31.48% (n = 17) | |
Not for MET call | 4.1% (n = 2) | 5.56% (n = 3) | |
Modified MET call criteria | 12.2% (n = 6) | 7.4% (n = 4) | |
Not for Code Blue | 16.3% (n = 8) | 12.9% (n = 7) |