Table 5.

Intensive care unit (ICU) bed requirement for elective and urgent/emergency vascular surgery in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, from 8 March to 8 April during pandemic COVID-19 infection in 2020 and in the years 2018 and 2019

Patients needing ICU bed	Year 2020		Year 2019		Year 2018
	Patients n (%)	Median length of stay (IQR) – d	Patients n (%)	Median length of stay (IQR) – d	Patients n (%)	Median length of stay (IQR) – d
Elective surgery	7/118 (6)	2 (2)	20/117 (17)	3 (2)	18/88 (20)	3 (2)
Peripheral artery disease	2		6		8
Aortic aneurysm	5		14		10
Acute/emergency surgery	11/34 (32)	3 (2)	10/33 (30)	3 (2)	13/29 (45)	3 (2)
Aortic aneurysm	8		6		8
Bleeding/haematoma	2		3		2
Acute ischaemia	1		1		–
Trauma	–		–		3

ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range.