Table 2 Modalities of ICU admission and hospital mortality
Characteristics | Overall cohort (N = 1008) | Status at hospital discharge | Missing data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alive (n = 613) | Dead (n = 395) | |||
Days between hospitalization and first call to intensivist, median [IQR] | 4 [0–17] | 2 [0–14] | 7 [1–21] | 44 |
Days between first call to intensivist and ICU admission, median [IQR] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 5 |
ICU admission requested by, n (%) | 12 | |||
Emergency physician | 219 (22.0) | 150 (24.7) | 69 (17.7) | |
Other | 777 (78.0) | 456 (75.2) | 321 (82.3) | |
Experience of the physician requesting ICU, n (%) | 25 | |||
Senior physician | 651 (66.2) | 387 (64.3) | 264 (69.3) | |
Fellow | 170 (17.3) | 112 (18.6) | 58 (15.2) | |
Resident/intern | 162 (16.5) | 103 (17.1) | 59 (15.5) | |
Number of calls before ICU admission, n (%) | 151 | |||
1 | 752 (87.7) | 474 (88.9) | 278 (85.8) | |
≥ 2 | 105 (12.3) | 59 (11.1) | 46 (14.2) | |
Direct ICU admission from the ED, n (%) | 266 (26.4) | 182 (29.7) | 84 (21.3) | 0 |
ICU length of stay, median [IQR], days | 5 [2–11] | 5 [2–9] | 5 [2–13] | 0 |
Hospital length of stay, median [IQR], days | 28 [13–47] | 29 [16–47] | 25 [9–47] | 39 |
Death at ICU discharge, n (%) | 279 (27.7) | 0 (0) | 279 (70.6) | 0 |