TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics During the Baseline and Intervention Periods in the CVICU and MICU from October 1, 2014 to May 24, 2016

	CVICU			MICU
	Baseline n = 1,180	Intervention n = 847	P Value	Baseline n = 2,378	Intervention n = 1,524	P Value
Age in years (median)	63.0	62.0	.9171	59.0	58.0	.0681
Days in ICU (median)	3.0	3.0	.0831	2.0	2.0	.1711
Sex: male	66.2%	64.6%	.4532	52.4%	53.1%	.6942
Race			.0012			.3712
White	82.9%	84.1%		76.7%	76.2%
Black	10.2%	6.0%		16.6%	15.8%
Other	1.3%	2.4%		1.6%	2.2%
Unknown	5.7%	7.6%		5.0%	5.8%
In-hospital mortality	6.6%	4.4%	.0312	19.4%	20.9%	.2732

Note: Tests used include the 1Wilcoxon rank-sum test and 2Pearson chi-square test

Abbreviations: CVICU, cardiovascular intensive care unit; MICU, medical intensive care unit.