Table 5 |
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Length of stay results |
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Open format ICU 1996-1998 (N = 230) |
Closed format ICU 2003-2005 (N = 228) |
Mean difference (95% confidence interval) |
P-value |
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Hospital LOS: |
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Overall |
16.9 (17.5) |
21.2 (24.3) |
4.2 (0.2-8.3) |
0.04 |
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Survivors |
18.3 (15.0) |
21.9 (25.0) |
3.6 (-0.9-8.0) |
0.12 |
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Non-survivors |
12.4 (23.6) |
16.8 (19.4) |
4.4 (-5.9-14.7) |
0.40 |
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ICU LOS: |
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Overall |
2.5 (4.1) |
4.8 (9.3) |
2.2 (0.9-3.6) |
< 0.01 |
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Survivors |
1.7 (2.7) |
4.3 (8.5) |
2.6 (1.2-3.9) |
< 0.01 |
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Non-survivors |
5.0 (6.2) |
7.4 (12.4) |
2.4 (-1.4-6.2) |
0.21 |
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Values are mean (sd) unless indicated otherwise. ICU: Intensive Care Unit; sd: standard deviation; LOS: length of stay. |
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van der Sluis et al. BMC Surgery 2011 11:18 doi:10.1186/1471-2482-11-18 |
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