Table 4.

Summary of patient demographic data. Data are given as median [IQR] where relevant

	SPRINT Christchurch	STAR Christchurch	STAR Gyula
# episodes	442	330	47
# patients	292	267	47
# hours	39,838	22,523	6268
% male	62.7	65.5	61.7
Age (years)	63 [48, 73]	65 [55, 72]	66 [58, 71]
APACHE II	19.0 [15.0, 24.5]	21.0 [16.0, 25.0]	32.0 [28.0, 36.0]
LOS–ICU (days)	6.2 [2.7, 13.0]	5.7 [2.5, 13.4]	14.0 [8.0, 20.5]