Table 2.
ICU admission category
| All patients | Without hypoxemia (P/F > 300) | Mild hypoxemia (150 < P/F ≤ 300) | Severe hypoxemia (P/F ≤ 150) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 588 | N = 167 | N = 297 | N = 124 | |
| Cardiology, n (%) | 225 (38.3) | 49 (29.3) | 124 (41.8) | 52 (41.9) |
| Pulmonary, n (%) | 95 (16.2) | 9 (5.4) | 43 (14.5) | 43 (34.7) |
| Gastrointestinal, n (%) | 67 (11.4) | 19 (11.4) | 38 (12.8) | 10 (8.1) |
| Neurology, n (%) | 73 (12.4) | 38 (22.8) | 29 (9.8) | 6 (4.8) |
| Sepsis, n (%) | 34 (5.8) | 6 (3.6) | 21 (7.1) | 7 (5.7) |
| Trauma, n (%) | 20 (3.4) | 10 (6.0) | 8 (2.7) | 2 (1.6) |
| Endocrine, n (%) | 14 (2.4) | 5 (3.0) | 6 (2.0) | 3 (2.4) |
| Haematology, n (%) | 4 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.8) |
| Urology, n (%) | 5 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) | 4 (1.4) | 0 (0) |
| Gynaecology, n (%) | 3 (0.5) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
| Skin/soft tissue, n (%) | 11 (1.9) | 3 (1.8) | 8 (2.7) | 0 (0) |
| Others, n (%) | 37 (6.3) | 25 (15.0) | 12 (4.0) | 0 (0) |