Table 1.

Patient demographics (all admissions)

Characteristics	Total (n = 273)		APP (n = 127)		Trainee (n = 146)		P value
Age, yrs, mean (SD)	58.32	18.63	59.83	16.98	57.00	19.92	NS
Female, no. (%)	148	54.21	78	61.42	70	47.95	0.028
Race/ethnicity, no. (%)
White	175	64.10	77	60.63	98	67.12	NS
Black/African-American	89	32.60	46	36.22	43	29.45	NS
Other	9	3.30	4	3.15	5	3.42	NS
Primary diagnosis, no. (%)
Anoxic brain injury	2	0.73	0	0	2	1.37	NS
Brain tumor	38	13.92	16	12.60	22	15.07	NS
Demyelinating	2	0.73	0	0.00	2	1.37	NS
Intracerebral hemorrhage	61	22.34	25	19.69	36	24.66	NS
Ischemic stroke	64	23.44	32	25.20	32	21.92	NS
Meningoencephalitis	23	8.42	12	9.45	11	7.53	NS
Neuromuscular weakness	10	3.66	10	7.87	0	0.00	0.0004
Seizure/status epilepticus	32	11.72	15	11.81	17	11.64	NS
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	31	11.36	15	11.81	16	10.96	NS
Traumatic brain injury/subdural hemorrhage	10	3.66	2	1.57	8	5.48	NS
Comorbidities, no. (%)
Atrial fibrillation	30	10.99	14	11.02	16	10.96	NS
Congestive heart failure (CHF)	26	9.52	16	12.6	10	6.85	NS
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	29	10.62	14	11.02	15	10.27	NS
Cancer	34	12.45	15	11.81	19	13.01	NS
Coronary artery disease	57	20.88	22	17.32	35	23.97	NS
Diabetes mellitus	48	17.58	26	20.47	22	15.07	NS
Hyperlipidemia	129	47.25	69	54.33	60	41.1	0.039
Hypertension	177	64.84	90	70.87	87	59.59	NS
Ischemic stroke history	41	15.02	24	18.9	17	11.64	NS
Intracerebral hemorrhage history	3	1.1	2	1.57	1	0.68	NS
Prior brain surgery	26	9.52	8	6.3	18	12.33	NS
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) Score, median (IQR)	13	8, 15	13	8, 15	14	8, 15	NS
ICU length of stay, median (IQR)	5	2, 11	7	2.5, 12	5	2.25, 8	NS
Ventilator days, median (IQR)	1	0, 8	2	0, 12.5	0	0, 5	NS
Living will, no. (%)	35	12.82	11	8.66	24	16.44	NS

Bold indicates significant P values

APP advanced practice provider; IQR interquartile rank; no. number; NS no significance; SD standard deviation; yrs years