Table 2.
Clinical and demographic data grouped by intensivist.
| Variables | Groupa |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (n = 43) | B (n = 42) | C (n = 42) | ||
| Age, years | 61 (45–69) | 60 (48–72) | 62 (55–73) | 0.4333 |
| Gender (male), n (%) | 26 (60.5) | 31 (73.8) | 29 (69.1) | 0.4103 |
| Pre-existing diseases, n (%) | 0.0630 | |||
| Hypertension | 4 (9.1) | 10 (22.7) | 13 (28.9) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 (4.6) | 4 (9.1) | 3 (6.7) | |
| Previous gastrointestinal surgery | 0 (0) | 3 (6.8) | 1 (2.2) | |
| Primary diagnosis, n (%) | 0.1242 | |||
| Neurological | 25 (58.1) | 14 (33.3) | 14 (33.3) | |
| Respiratory | 8 (18.6) | 12 (28.6) | 16 (38.1) | |
| Cardiovascular | 6 (14.0) | 4 (9.5) | 5 (11.9) | |
| Multitrauma | 3 (7.0) | 8 (19.1) | 3 (7.1) | |
| Sepsis | 0 (0) | 4 (4.8) | 3 (7.1) | |
| Gastrointestinal | 0 (1.6) | 1 (2.4) | 1 (2.4) | |
| Others | 1 (2.3) | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Use of sedatives or analgesics, n (%) | 6 (13.9) | 4 (9.5) | 4 (9.5) | 0.8240 |
| Use of vasopressors, n (%) | 6 (14.0) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (7.1) | 0.1557 |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 25 (58.1) | 24 (57.1) | 17 (40.5) | 0.2063 |
| APACHE II score | 19 (16–23) | 14 (11–23) | 19 (15–26) | 0.0656 |
| SOFA score | 10 (8–12) | 10 (8–17) | 9 (7–11) | 0.0547 |
| AGI grade, n (%) | 0.6200 | |||
| Without AGI | 3 (7.0) | 2 (4.8) | 0 (0) | |
| I | 5 (11.6) | 2 (4.8) | 4 (9.5) | |
| II | 30 (69.8) | 31 (73.8) | 31 (73.8) | |
| III | 5 (11.6) | 7 (16.6) | 7 (16.7) | |
Data are presented as n (%) or median with interquartile range. AGI, Acute Gastrointestinal Injury; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
aThe subjects of intensivists A, B and C were divided into groups A, B and C, respectively.