Table 2. Numbers of Blood Gas Draws, Ventilation Outcomes, and Care Unit Details by Race and Ethnicity.
| Variable | No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian patients | Black patients | Hispanic patients | White patients | |
| No. | 83 | 207 | 112 | 2667 |
| Total No. of blood gas tests days 1-5, mean (SD) | 3.4 (2.3) | 3.5 (2.9) | 3.9 (3.5) | 3.8 (3.3) |
| Daily No. of blood gas tests, mean (SD) | ||||
| Day 1 | 2.9 (2.2) | 2.9 (2.5) | 3.0 (2.8) | 3.1 (2.7) |
| Day 2 | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.3 (1.0) | 0.3 (1.1) | 0.3 (1.2) |
| Day 3 | 0.0 (0.2) | 0.2 (0.9) | 0.3 (1.0) | 0.2 (1.0) |
| Day 4 | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.1 (0.6) |
| Day 5 | 0.0 (0.3) | 0.0 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.8) | 0.0 (0.3) |
| Required invasive ventilation | 2 (2.4) | 13 (6.3) | 6 (5.4) | 137 (5.1) |
| Required noninvasive ventilation | 0 | 4 (1.9) | 2 (1.8) | 45 (1.7) |
| Required high-flow NC | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 36 (1.3) |
| Required tracheostomy | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 4 (0.1) |
| Required pressors/inotropes | 45 (54.2) | 97 (46.9) | 59 (52.7) | 1611 (60.4) |
| Care unit | ||||
| Cardiac vascular ICU | 42 (50.6) | 85 (41.1) | 66 (58.9) | 1579 (59.2) |
| Coronary care unit | 5 (6.0) | 23 (11.1) | 9 (8.0) | 299 (11.2) |
| Medical/surgical ICU | 9 (10.8) | 33 (15.9) | 15 (13.4) | 214 (8.0) |
| Medical ICU | 12 (14.5) | 34 (16.4) | 10 (8.9) | 276 (10.3) |
| Neurology intermediate | 1 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.9) | 5 (0.2) |
| Neurology stepdown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (<0.1) |
| Neurosurgical ICU | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 9 (0.3) |
| Surgical ICU | 12 (14.5) | 20 (9.7) | 9 (8.0) | 169 (6.3) |
| Trauma surgical ICU | 2 (2.4) | 10 (4.8) | 2 (1.8) | 115 (4.3) |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; NC, nasal cannula.