Table 2.
Characteristics of Patients in the ICU-HAI Registry
| GICU | SICU | NICU | RICU | TICU | PICU | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic information | |||||||
| No. Patients | 4543 (19.7) | 4343 (18.8) | 2033 (8.8) | 1338 (5.8) | 6407 (27.8) | 5183 (22.5) | 23,062 (100) |
| No. Admissions | 4812 (20.2) | 4422 (18.5) | 2098 (8.8) | 1373 (5.8) | 6539 (27.4) | 5261 (22.1) | 23,847 (100) |
| Men, n (%) | 2946 (64.8) | 2669 (61.5) | 1106 (54.4) | 907 (67.8) | 3295 (51.4) | 2788 (53.8) | 13,711 (57.5) |
| Age, year, median (Q1-Q3) | 57 (44, 68) | 54 (44, 67) | 52 (42, 64) | 67 (52, 78) | 52 (45, 62) | 1 (0, 7) | 52 (30–65) |
| <18 years, n (%) | 83 (1.8) | 72 (1.7) | 78 (3.8) | 18 (1.3) | 56 (0.9) | 4623 (19.4) | |
| 18–44 years, n (%) | 1072 (23.6) | 1042 (24.0) | 515 (25.3) | 191 (14.3) | 1480 (23.1) | - | 4006 (16.8) |
| 45–64 years, n (%) | 1868 (41.1) | 1948 (44.9) | 943 (46.4) | 392 (29.3) | 3726 (58.2) | - | 8793 (36.9) |
| ≥65 years, n (%) | 1520 (33.5) | 1281 (29.5) | 497 (24.4) | 737 (55.1) | 1145 (17.9) | - | 6425 (26.9) |
| Diagnosis | |||||||
| Valvulopathy | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.3) | 3445 (53.8) | 99 (1.9) | 3551 (14.9) |
| Heart septal defectsatrial | 2 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 507 (7.9) | 1666 (32.1) | 2175 (9.1) |
| Cerebral hemorrhage | 38 (0.8) | 556 (12.8) | 1009 (49.6) | 35 (2.6) | 1 (0.0) | 30 (0.6) | 1669 (7.0) |
| Pneumonia | 511 (11.2) | 22 (0.5) | 24 (1.2) | 824 (61.6) | 33 (0.5) | 38 (0.7) | 1452(6.1) |
| Aortic dissection | 38 (0.8) | 160 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 694 (10.8) | 1 (0.0) | 894 (3.7) |
| Outcome | |||||||
| ICU stays, median days (Q1-Q3) | 6 (2, 14) | 4 (2, 8) | 8 (4, 8) | 11 (6, 19) | 3 (2, 4) | 4 (3, 7) | 4 (3, 8) |
| Hospital stays, median days (Q1-Q3) | 18 (11, 28) | 17 (11, 25) | 17 (11, 28) | 19 (10, 30) | 15 (12, 19) | 13 (9, 19) | 16 (12, 24) |
| ICU mortality, n (%) | 463 (10.2) | 136 (3.1) | 170 (8.4) | 322 (24.1) | 54 (0.8) | 99 (1.9) | 1244 (5.4) |
| Hospital mortality, n (%) | 481(10.6) | 151 (3.5) | 180 (9.0) | 348 (26.0) | 61 (1.0) | 100 (1.9) | 1321 (5.5) |
Abbreviations: GICU, general intensive care unit; SICU, surgical intensive care unit; NICU, neurological intensive care unit, RICU, respiratory intensive care unit; TICU, thoracic surgery intensive care unit; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit.