Table 1.

Trigger alert and patient characteristics.^*

Variable	General ward	ICU	p value
Total unique patients, n	395	239	–
Total trigger alerts, n	520	350	–
Male, n (%)	211 (53.4%)	138 (57.7%)	0.051
Mean age, years (SD)	60.4 ± 17.2	58.7 ± 15.1	0.861
Median (IQR) length of hospital stay, days	10 (5, 20)	15 (7, 25)	0.001
Median (IQR) days after hospital admission trigger alert generated	5 (2, 10)	5 (2, 10)	0.294

^*The number of admissions and patient days reported during the study period.

ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.