Table 4.
Patient’s characteristics by care pathway
| Variable | Emergency + Ward | Emergency + Ward + ICU | Ward + ICU | Emergency + ICU | ICU Only | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 118 (57) | N = 43 (21) | N = 27 (13) | N = 8 (4) | N = 12 (6) | ||
| Age, median (IQR) | 59 (46; 66) | 61 (46; 70) | 53 (42; 69) | 64 (54; 77) | 64 (51; 71) | 0.479 |
| Male gender | 49 (42) | 21 (49) a | 15 (56) a | 7 (88) a | 6 (50) a | 0.108 |
| Secondary diagnosis | 88 (56) | 32 (20) | 20 (13) | 7 (4) | 10 (6) | 0.889 |
| Hypertension | 68 (58) | 23 (54) | 14 (52) | 4 (50) | 5 (42) | 0.847 |
| Obesity | 26 (22) | 10 (23) | 7 (26) | 1 (13) | 2 (17) | 0.925 |
| Diabetes | 42 (36) | 12 (28) | 10 (37) | 4 (50) | 4 (33) | 0.861 |
| OSCI | < 0.001 | |||||
| Dead | 10 (9) | 12 (28) a | 2 (7) a | 7 (88) a | 11 (92) a | |
| Severe** | 0 (0) | 31 (72) | 25 (93) | 1 (13) | 1 (8) | |
| Mild | 108 (92) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| LoS, median (IQR) | 5 (2; 9) | 19 (13; 32)a | 14 (9; 23)a | 16 (7; 26)a | 18 (8; 31)b | < 0.001 |
Data expressed as n (%), unless specified otherwise. Length of Stay (LoS) expressed as days
OSCI Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement, LoS Length of Stay
*p-value for the comparison between care pathways using Kruskal-Wallis or Chi-square test. **All patients admitted to the ICU were categorized as severe at OSCI. Pairwise comparison with Dunn’s test result: a. p < 0.001 vs. Emergency + Ward. b. p = 0.02 vs. Emergency + Ward