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Table 1 Global characteristics of patients

From: Adverse events during intrahospital transport of critically ill patients: incidence and risk factors

All patients (n = 184)

Median

[25th-75thpercentiles]

Number

%

Characteristics of patients

    

  Age (yr)

58

[48–71]

  

  Man

  

129

70.1

  SAPS II

48

[34–62]

  

  COPD

  

26

14

  ALI

  

125

68

  ARDS

  

56

30.4

Characteristics of hospitalization in ICU

    

  Length of stay in ICU (days)

16

[8.25-25.75]

  

  Length of mechanical ventilation (days)

11

[6–21.75]

  

  Dialysis during hospitalization

  

48

26

  Ventilator-associated pneumonia

  

56

30.4

  Death Day 28

  

55

29.9

  Death in ICU

  

69

37.5

  1. SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ALI = acute lung injury; ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome.