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. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181827. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181827

Table 3. Characteristics at ICU discharge.

Variable Discharged with no delay(N = 478) Discharged with delay (N = 477) P Value
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)