Table 1 Study population in the 43 participating ICUs
ICU | Hospital | ICU beds, N | ICU admissions, N | Mean age, years | Mean SAPS II | In-ICU death rate, % | WhWd patients, N (% admissions) | Wh/Wd patients N/N | Discharged alive from the ICU after WhWd, N (% WhWd) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | General | 12 | 48 | 58 | 35 | 10 | 4 (8) | 1/3 | 1 (25) |
2 | General | 10 | 48 | 68 | 49 | 21 | 4 (8) | 2/2 | 2 (50) |
3 | General | 8 | 49 | 64 | 45 | 24 | 2 (4) | 0/2 | 1 (50) |
4 | General | 12 | 63 | 67 | 48 | 22 | 12 (19) | 1/11 | 0 (0) |
5 | University | 9 | 71 | 52 | 39 | 17 | 7 (10) | 0/7 | 0 (0) |
6 | General | 8 | 78 | 62 | 39 | 19 | 17 (22) | 14/3 | 6 (35) |
7 | General | 12 | 83 | 70 | 47 | 31 | 25 (30) | 11/14 | 5 (20) |
8 | General | 10 | 86 | 64 | 44 | 19 | 15 (17) | 11/4 | 4 (27) |
9 | General | 8 | 87 | 66 | 44 | 20 | 16 (18) | 14/2 | 4 (25) |
10 | General | 8 | 89 | 63 | 44 | 21 | 18 (20) | 9/9 | 5 (28) |
11 | University | 15 | 96 | 61 | 44 | 23 | 12 (13) | 5/7 | 2 (17) |
12 | General | 10 | 96 | 64 | 47 | 20 | 12 (13) | 5/7 | 4 (33) |
13 | General | 12 | 99 | 61 | 48 | 21 | 7 (7) | 1/6 | 1 (14) |
14 | General | 12 | 102 | 64 | 52 | 26 | 26 (25) | 17/9 | 12 (46) |
15 | University | 15 | 106 | 65 | 48 | 19 | 21 (20) | 2/19 | 1 (5) |
16 | General | 12 | 109 | 68 | 46 | 20 | 10 (9) | 2/8 | 1 (10) |
17 | General | 17 | 111 | 61 | 50 | 30 | 26 (23) | 15/11 | 10 (38) |
18 | University | 15 | 112 | 57 | 55 | 35 | 18 (16) | 7/11 | 4 (22) |
19 | University | 15 | 118 | 59 | 46 | 25 | 20 (17) | 5/15 | 3 (15) |
20 | General | 12 | 119 | 58 | 38 | 15 | 23 (19) | 11/12 | 8 (35) |
21 | General | 10 | 121 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 21 (17) | 14/7 | 3 (14) |
22 | University | 14 | 123 | 66 | 54 | 33 | 23 (19) | 8/15 | 4 (17) |
23 | University | 12 | 125 | 50 | 26 | 21 | 17 (14) | 2/15 | 0 (0) |
24 | General | 14 | 126 | 61 | 51 | 29 | 18 (14) | 1/17 | 0 (0) |
25 | General | 12 | 129 | 63 | 39 | 21 | 16 (12) | 3/13 | 2 (13) |
26 | University | 26 | 132 | 56 | 39 | 18 | 16 (12) | 7/9 | 8 (50) |
27 | General | 15 | 132 | 61 | 49 | 22 | 10 (8) | 4/6 | 1 (10) |
28 | General | 10 | 135 | 69 | 48 | 15 | 6 (4) | 3/3 | 2 (33) |
29 | General | 18 | 135 | 63 | 51 | 23 | 27 (20) | 9/18 | 9 (33) |
30 | General | 16 | 141 | 66 | 55 | 31 | 27 (19) | 23/4 | 7 (26) |
31 | General | 12 | 152 | 65 | 51 | 31 | 38 (25) | 23/15 | 14 (37) |
32 | General | 23 | 154 | 58 | 46 | 21 | 16 (10) | 7/9 | 7 (44) |
33 | University | 12 | 156 | 59 | 40 | 12 | 20 (13) | 9/11 | 6 (30) |
34 | General | 22 | 156 | 64 | 51 | 20 | 36 (23) | 20/16 | 16 (44) |
35 | University | 15 | 159 | 58 | 38 | 14 | 12 (8) | 9/3 | 2 (17) |
36 | University | 22 | 171 | 59 | 45 | 25 | 19 (11) | 6/13 | 0 (0) |
37 | University | 11 | 181 | 69 | 28 | 8 | 9 (5) | 3/6 | 4 (44) |
38 | University | 20 | 182 | 57 | 44 | 16 | 24 (13) | 7/17 | 8 (33) |
39 | General | 18 | 183 | 65 | 46 | 23 | 19 (10) | 8/11 | 2 (11) |
40 | General | 25 | 224 | 62 | 42 | 20 | 34 (15) | 5/29 | 2 (6) |
41 | General | 18 | 240 | 60 | 41 | 18 | 28 (12) | 13/15 | 7 (25) |
42 | University | 15 | 266 | 59 | 35 | 11 | 15 (6) | 13/2 | 6 (40) |
43 | University | 24 | 296 | 61 | 45 | 13 | 31 (10) | 14/17 | 9 (29) |
All | 616 | 5589 | 777 (14) | 344/433 | 193(25) |