Table 1.
Demographics of the Study Populationa.
| ICU | ACE | General Surgery | Orthopedic Surgery | General Medicine | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients >65 years admitted to the ward, n | 138 | 161 | 113 | 289 | 606 | 1307 |
| Patients meeting study criteria, n (%) | ||||||
| PPI use prior to hospital (non-naive) | 42 (30.4%) | 47 (29.2%) | 28 (24.7%) | 77 (26.6%) | 183 (30.2%) | 377 (28.8%) |
| PPI newly started in hospital (naive) | 24 (17.4%) | 19 (11.8%) | 3 (2.7%) | 18 (6.2%) | 29 (4.8%) | 93 (7.1%) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 75.5 (7.1) | 81.5 (9.0) | 74.9 (7.7) | 77.0 (7.9) | 80.0 (9.7) | 78.6 (8.9) |
| Male, % | 67% | 52% | 45% | 39% | 50% | 50% |
| Location prior to hospitalization, n | ||||||
| Home | 42 | 51 | 30 | 81 | 170 | 374 |
| Other hospital | 21 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 52 |
| Long-term care | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 43 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Number of home medications, mean (range) | 10.9 (0-30) | 10.8 (1-26) | 9.8 (1-19) | 10.0 (2-27) | 11.7 (0-27) | 11.0 (0-30) |
| Length of hospital stay, days, mean (SD) | 24.7 (38.9) | 12.8 (14.1) | 3.8 (4.9) | 4.6 (3.7) | 6.5 (5.7) | 9.4 (21.3) |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; ACE, acute care for the elderly unit; PPI, proton pump inhibitors.
a
Data are shown as n (%), or mean and standard deviation (SD), or mean and range.