Variables | All patients N = 1359 | Phlebitis ( +) N = 105 (7.7%) | Phlebitis (–) N = 1254 (92.3%) | p value |
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Age, mean (SD), years | 66.4 (15.8) | 70.9 (13.2) | 66.1 (16.0) | 0.003 |
Gender, male (n, %) | 816 (60.0%) | 63 (60.0%) | 753 (60.1%) | 0.99 |
Body height, mean (SD), cma | 161 (9.9) | 161 (9.8) | 161 (9.9) | 0.99 |
Body weight, mean (SD), kgb | 59.1 (14.2) | 57.9 (14.0) | 59.2 (14.2) | 0.37 |
BMI, mean (SD)a | 22.8 (4.3) | 22.3 (4.3) | 22.8 (4.3) | 0.24 |
APACHE II, mean (SD) | 14.8 (7.2) | 16.9 (6.3) | 14.7 (7.2) | 0.003 |
SAPS II, mean (SD) | 32.2 (18.5) | 37.3 (14.6) | 31.7 (18.7) | 0.003 |
SOFA, mean (SD) | 4.8 (3.4) | 5.6 (3.3) | 4.7 (3.4) | 0.007 |
Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD) | 4.3 (2.6) | 4.5 (2.5) | 4.3 (2.6) | 0.38 |
ICU admission from (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Operation room | 979 (72.0%) | 58 (55.2%) | 921 (73.5%) |  < 0.0001 |
 Emergency room | 256 (18.8%) | 29 (12.4%) | 227 (18.1%) | 0.02 |
 General ward | 97 (7.1%) | 13 (12.4%) | 84 (6.7%) | 0.03 |
 Outpatients | 11 (0.8%) | 2 (1.9%) | 9 (0.7%) | 0.19 |
 Transfer from other hospital | 16 (1.2%) | 3 (2.9%) | 13 (1.0%) | 0.10 |
Type of admission to ICU (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Elective surgical | 802 (59.0%) | 37 (35.2%) | 765 (61.0%) |  < 0.0001 |
 Emergency surgical | 177 (13.0%) | 21 (20.0%) | 156 (12.4%) | 0.03 |
 Medical | 380 (28.0%) | 47 (44.8%) | 333 (26.6%) |  < 0.0001 |
ICU admission category (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Cardiology | 438 (32.2%) | 35 (33.3%) | 403 (32.1%) | 0.80 |
 Pulmonary | 171 (12.6%) | 15 (14.3%) | 156 (12.4%) | 0.58 |
 Gastrointestinal | 295 (21.7%) | 13 (12.4%) | 282 (22.5%) | 0.02 |
 Neurology | 127 (9.3%) | 17 (16.2%) | 110 (8.8%) | 0.01 |
 Trauma | 47 (3.5%) | 4 (3.8%) | 43 (3.4%) | 0.84 |
 Urology | 44 (3.2%) | 3 (2.9%) | 41 (3.3%) | 0.82 |
 Gynecology | 37 (2.7%) | 1 (1.0%) | 36 (2.9%) | 0.25 |
 Skin/tissue | 31 (2.3%) | 1 (1.0%) | 30 (2.4%) | 0.34 |
 Others | 133 (9.8%) | 12 (11.4%) | 121 (9.7%) | 0.56 |
Sepsis at ICU admission (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Sepsis | 48 (3.5%) | 7 (6.7%) | 41 (3.3%) | 0.07 |
 Septic shock | 67 (4.9%) | 8 (7.6%) | 59 (4.8%) | 0.19 |
Mechanical ventilation within 24Â h after admission to ICU (n, %) c) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Non-invasive ventilation | 55 (4.1%) | 6 (5.8%) | 49 (4.0%) | 0.37 |
 Invasive ventilation | 343 (25.4%) | 43 (41.8%) | 300 (24.4%) | 0.0001 |