Testing the implementation of an electronic process-of-care checklist for use during morning medical rounds in a tertiary intensive care unit: a prospective before–after study

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

Variable	Baseline (n = 141)	Intervention (n = 152)	P-value
Gender (male)	57%	55%	0.73
Age^a	57 (21)	57 (18)	0.79
APACHE III score	56 (37–76)	57 (37–79)	0.67
ICU LOS (days)	3 (2–6)	2 (1–6)	0.08
Hospital LOS (days)	10 (5–75)	11 (6–23)	0.90
Checklist days (per patient)	2 (1–5)	3 (2–5)	0.53
Mechanical ventilation hours	72 (14–165)	77 (20–194)	0.49
% Mechanically ventilated	50%	48%	0.82
Crude^b ICU mortality	7.8%	7.9%	1.00
Crude^b hospital mortality	11.4%	9.2%	0.57
ICU re-admissions	4.3%	6%	0.60
ICU:HDU admissions (%)	63:37	63:37	1.00
Emergency:elective (%)	77:23	80:20	0.48
Non-operative:post-operative	64:36	72:28	0.13
Diagnosis on admission (%)
Respiratory	27.7	37.5	0.08
Gastrointestinal	13.5	11.2	0.60
Neurological	13.5	9.9	0.37
Sepsis	7.8	13.8	0.13
Cardiovascular	8.5	9.2	1.00
Metabolic	9.9	7.2	0.53
Trauma	10.6	3.3	0.19
Genitourinary	3.5	5.9	0.42
Gynaecological	2.8	2.0	0.71
Musculoskeletal/skin	1.4	0	0.23
Haematological	0.7	0	0.48

All patient demographic data were obtained from the ICU database.
^aDescriptive data for age are mean and standard deviation (normal distribution); other (no normal distribution) interval data use median and inter-quartile range.
^bPercentage of ICU admissions of patients who died in ICU or in hospital.