Table 1.
Demographic characteristics.
| Characteristic | All Patients (N = 1802) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Post | |
| (N = 732) | (N = 1070) | |
| Age [years], Median (IQR) | 72.0 (62.0, 81.0) | 72.0 (60.0, 82.0) |
| Gender [M/F], N (%) | 421/311 (57.5,42.5) | 581/489 (54.3,45.7) |
| Indigenous Status [Y/N], N (%) | 45/683 (6.1,93.3) | 72/989 (6.7,92.4) |
| Admission Characteristics | ||
| Triage Category | ||
| Category 1 | 46 (6.3%) | 47 (4.4%) |
| Category 2 | 330 (45.1%) | 623 (58.2%) |
| Category 3 | 326 (44.5%) | 371 (34.7%) |
| Category 4 | 30 (4.1%) | 28 (2.6%) |
| Triage Time | ||
| 12am-6am | 84 (11.5%) | 141 (13.2%) |
| 6am-12pm | 207 (28.3%) | 264 (24.7%) |
| 12pm-6pm | 242 (33.1%) | 378 (35.3%) |
| 6pm-12am | 199 (27.2%) | 287 (26.8%) |
| Time from triage to ICU admission | ||
| Time [hours] | 9:01 (5:57, 19:13) | 9:23 (6:36, 19:41) |
| New Onset Organ Dysfunction | ||
| CNS | 187 (25.5%) | 274 (25.6%) |
| CVS | 269 (36.7%) | 364 (34.0%) |
| Renal | 154 (21.0%) | 146 (13.6%) |
| Haematology | 59 (8.1%) | 93 (8.7%) |
| Respiratory | 112 (15.3%) | 202 (18.9%) |
| Hepatobiliary | 32 (4.4%) | 31 (2.9%) |
| >2 Organs affected | 226 (30.9%) | 304 (28.4%) |
| Co-morbidities | ||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) | 1.0 (0.0, 2.0) |
| Infectious disease | 329 (44.9%) | 508 (47.5%) |
| Neoplasms | 81 (11.1%) | 110 (10.3%) |
| Endocrine, metabolic or immune diseases | 372 (50.8%) | 591 (55.2%) |
| Diabetes | 231 (31.6%) | 348 (32.5%) |
| Blood Disorders | 130 (17.8%) | 163 (15.2%) |
| Mental Disorders | 71 (9.7%) | 83 (7.8%) |
| Drug or alcohol use | 89 (12.2%) | 114 (10.7%) |
| Diseases of the nervous system or sense organs | 43 (5.9%) | 50 (4.7%) |
| Eye disease | 24 (3.3%) | 33 (3.1%) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 244 (33.3%) | 326 (30.5%) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 148 (20.2%) | 224 (20.9%) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 139 (19.0%) | 218 (20.4%) |
| Chronic renal disease | 145 (19.8%) | 179 (16.7%) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 316 (43.2%) | 433 (40.5%) |
| Chronic skin ulcer | 2 (0.3%) | 5 (0.5%) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 47 (6.4%) | 84 (7.9%) |
| Other | 146 (19.9%) | 201 (18.8%) |
| Patients deemed palliative | ||
| Beginning of hospitalisation | 3 (0.4%) | 7 (0.7%) |
| End of hospitalisation | 32 (4.4%) | 79 (7.4%) |
IQR: Interquartile range.
CNS: Central Nervous system.
CVS: Cardiovascular.