Table 1.
Descriptive Summary at the ICU admission level (N = 1947).
| Variable | Summary |
|---|---|
| Number of ICU Admissions (Pre) | 1011 (52%) |
| Number of ICU Admissions (Post) | 936 (48%) |
| pCXR/patient/day | 0.8 (0.3, 1) |
| Age | 59 (45, 69.5) |
| Male | 1279 (66%) |
| Unit location | |
| Cardiovascular ICU | 885 (50%) |
| Surgical ICU | 873 (50%) |
| ICU Mortality | 79 (4%) |
| ICU Length of Stay | 2.8 (1.8, 5.6) |
| ICU discharge location | |
| Floor | 1520 (78%) |
| Home/Other | 122 (6%) |
| ICU/IMCU | 172 (9%) |
| LTAC/SNF | 50 (3%) |
| Other | 2 (0%) |
| APACHE II | 14 (11, 19) |
| Intubations per patient | |
| 0 | 652 (33%) |
| 1 | 1183 (61%) |
| 2+ | 112 (6%) |
| Tracheostomy | 103 (5%) |
| Total Ventilator Hours | 21.7 (9.8, 81.4) |
| Reintubations within 48 h | |
| 0 | 1886 (97%) |
| 1 | 49 (3%) |
| 2 | 3 (0%) |
| Additional characteristics | |
| Open chest | 47 (2%) |
| ECMO | 45 (2%) |
| Ventricular assist device | 92 (5%) |
| ARDS | 35 (2%) |
| Hemo/pneumothorax | 6 (0%) |
| MODS | 25 (1%) |
| PE | 4 (0%) |
| VAP | 34 (2%) |
| Pneumonia | 80 (4%) |
| Aspiration | 22 (1%) |
| Patient admission case mix group | |
| 1 | 752 (39%) |
| 2 | 442 (23%) |
| 3 | 245 (13%) |
| 4 | 508 (26%) |