Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

	All Patients (n=2,322)	Received Critical Care Intervention (n=343)	No Critical Care Intervention (n=1,979)
Demographics
Mean Age (SD*)	69.0 (17.6)	68.8 (17.6)	69.0 (17.6)
Female n(%)	1,162( 50.0)	151 (44.0)	1,011(51.1)
Vital Signs (mean, SD)
Systolic Blood Pressure	120.7 (24.1)	106.8 (26.2)	123.2 (23.8)
Respiratory Rate	22.6 (6.2)	26.7 (7.7)	21.9 (5.6)
Temperature	99.5 (1.8)	99.5 (2.0)	99.5 (1.7)
Heart Rate	97.8 (20.5)	105.0 (23.6)	96.5 (19.7)
Mental Status
AMS† n(%)	153 (6.7)	32 (9.3)	124 (6.3)
Laboratory Measurements (median, IQR)
WBC‡	11.3 (8.0, 15.4)	13.4 (9.6, 18.0)	11.0 (7.8, 14.8)
BUN§	21.0 (14.0, 31.0)	31.0 (20.0, 50.0)	19.0 (14.0, 29.0)
Lactate	1.6 (1.3, 2.2)	2.2 (1.6, 3.3)	1.5 (1.3, 2.0)
Comorbidities n(%)
CHF||	624 (26.8)	142 (41.4)	482 (24.4)
Renal Disease	551 (23.7)	94 (27.4)	457 (23.1)
Liver Disease	131 (5.6)	25 (7.3)	106 (5.4)
Diabetes	661 (28.5)	118 (34.7)	542 (27.4)

^*SD = Standard Deviation,

^†AMS = Altered Mental Status,

^‡WBC = White Blood Cell Count,

^§BUN = Blood Urea Nitrogen,

^||CHF = Congestive Heart Failure