Table 4.
Lengths of stay (LOS) and in-hospital mortalities
| Total n=174 | CHF | |||
| Negative n=87 | Positive n=87 | P values | ||
| Admission disposition | 0.149 | |||
| ICU | 94 (54.3) | 42 (48.8) | 52 (59.8) | |
| GPU | 79 (45.7) | 44 (51.2) | 35 (40.2) | |
| Disposition from the hospital | 0.003 | |||
| Dead | 80 (46.0) | 30 (34.5) | 50 (57.5) | |
| Discharge home | 90 (51.7) | 56 (64.4) | 34 (39.1) | |
| Transfer to long-term facility | 4 (2.3) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.4) | |
| Hospital mortality | 80 (46.0) | 30 (34.5) | 50 (57.5) | 0.002 |
| 72 hours mortality | 13 (7.5) | 4 (4.6) | 9 (10.3) | 0.149 |
| Antibiotics initiated in the | 0.346 | |||
| ED | 150 (86.2) | 73 (83.9) | 77 (88.5) | |
| GPU | 13 (7.5) | 9 (10.3) | 4 (4.6) | |
| ICU | 11 (6.3) | 5 (5.7) | 6 (6.9) | |
| Time to initiation of antibiotics (hours), mean (±SD) | 2.83±1.75 | 2.99±1.84 | 2.66±1.65 | 0.234 |
| ED LOS (hours), mean (±SD) | 16.64±25.27 | 18.17±26.13 | 15.12±24.45 | 0.418 |
| ED LOS (days), mean (±SD) | 0.69±1.05 | 0.76±1.09 | 0.63±1.02 | 0.418 |
| ICU LOS (hours), mean (±SD) | 270.15±395.26 | 260.83±380.45 | 277.50±410.10 | 0.789 |
| ICU LOS (days), mean (±SD) | 11.26±16.47 | 10.87±15.85 | 11.56±17.09 | 0.789 |
| GPU LOS (hours), mean (±SD) | 200.56±193.89 | 190.15±164.66 | 213.65±227.24 | 0.935 |
| GPU LOS (days), mean (±SD) | 8.36±8.08 | 7.92±6.86 | 8.90±9.47 | 0.935 |
| Hospital LOS (hours), mean (±SD) | 276.14±265.90 | 289.13±298.35 | 256.11±208.57 | 0.482 |
| Hospital LOS (days), mean (±SD) | 11.51±11.08 | 12.05±12.43 | 10.67±8.69 | 0.482 |
| Hospital LOS among discharge home (hours), mean (±SD) | 277.20±268.28 | 284.22±298.71 | 265.65±212.55 | 0.699 |
| Hospital LOS among discharge home (days), mean (±SD) | 11.55±11.18 | 11.84±12.45 | 11.07±8.86 | 0.699 |
ED, emergency department; CHF, congestive heart failure; ICU, intensive care unit; GPU, general practice unit.