Table 2 General descriptive variables for the ICU, before and after the introduction of the PACU
Group | PACU w/o intensivist | PACU with intensivist | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean per month | Std. deviation | Mean per month | Std. deviation | ||
Cases treated | 164.7 | 14 | 133.8 | 19 | <0.001 |
Treatment days | 775.9 | 25 | 760.2 | 31 | 0.091 |
Readmission <48 h (%) | 2.55 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.063 |
Non-Survivors (deaths) | 8.7 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 0.369 |
SAPS sum | 28,012.5 | 2,086 | 27,331.0 | 3,293 | 0.758 |
Sum points DRG-code 8.980 | 23,026.2 | 8,501 | 33,098.0 | 2,295 | <0.001 |
ARDS days with Prostaglandin-application | 4.5 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 0.003 |
ARDS days with NO-Application | 10.5 | 13.8 | 42.7 | 35.7 | <0.001 |
Days with extracorporeal gas-exchange | 57.2 | 124.7 | 221.6 | 182.1 | 0.001 |
Ventilation hours (h for all patients, monthly sum) | 10,132.0 | 1,108 | 11,243.3 | 876 | 0.002 |
Dialysis hours (h for all patients, monthly sum) | 230.9 | 51.1 | 253.6 | 56.0 | 0.204 |
Lethality (non-survivors in % from all treated cases) | 5.4 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.512 |