Table 3 Characteristics of 1,955 study participants who received crystalloid, colloid or blood products (patients who recevied more than one fluid type are included more than once)
| Â | Crystalloid | Â | Colloid | Â | Blood Products | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Given ( N = 782) | Not given ( N = 1,173) | P -value* | Given ( N = 1,234) | Not given ( N = 721) | P -value | Given ( N = 717) | Not given ( N = 1,238) | P -value |
Patient characteristic | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age, yrs (mean, SD) | 60.3 (17.7) | 61.2 (17.1) | 0.3 | 61.7 (16.9) | 59.3 (18.1) | 0.003 | 60.0 (17.9) | 61.3 (17.1) | 0.09 |
Sex (% male, n) | 64.3 (502) | 64.3 (754) | 0.99 | 64.6 (797) | 63.7 (459) | 0.7 | 64.2 (460) | 64.4 (796) | 0.9 |
Number of days in ICU at survey date (median, IQR) | 1 (0,8) | 4 (1,11) | < 0.001 | 3 (0,10) | 3 (0,11) | 0.6 | 3 (1,10) | 2 (0,10) | 0.09 |
APACHE II score in 24 hrs prior to survey date (mean, SD) | 16.5 (8.7) | 16.1 (8.4) | 0.3 | 16.2 (8.6) | 16.4 (8.4) | 0.7 | 17.0 (8.7) | 15.9 (8.4) | 0.004 |
Patient characteristic: comparison of percentage of patients given or not given each fluid type who had the following characteristic | |||||||||
Hospital admission for trauma, n = 234% (N) | 14.4 (112) | 10.4 (122) | 0.009 | 11.0 (135) | 13.8 (99) | 0.07 | 13.7 (98) | 11.0 (136) | 0.08 |
Hospital admission for trauma with brain injury, n = 81% (N) | 5.2 (41) | 3.4 (40) | 0.05 | 3.8 (47) | 4.7 (34) | 0.3 | 4.9 (35) | 3.7 (46) | 0.2 |
Sepsis in 24 hrs prior to survey date, n = 642% (N) | 27.8 (216) | 36.6 (426) | < 0.001 | 36.4 (445) | 27.5 (197) | < 0.001 | 33.3 (237) | 33.0 (405) | 0.9 |
APACHE II in 24 hrs prior to survey date > 15, n = 957% (N) | 49.6 (384) | 49.7 (573) | 0.96 | 48.4 (588) | 51.9 (369) | 0.1 | 54.2 (381) | 47.1 (576) | 0.003 |
APACHE II Chronic health points | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Chronic health points liver criteria, n = 107% (N) | 5.2 (40) | 5.8 (67) | 0.6 | 6.1 (74) | 4.6 (33) | 0.2 | 6.1 (43) | 5.3 (64) | 0.4 |
   Chronic health points renal criteria, n = 88% (N) | 4.4 (34) | 4.7 (54) | 0.8 | 4.0 (49) | 5.5 (39) | 0.1 | 5.5 (39) | 4.0 (49) | 0.1 |
   Chronic health points cardiac criteria, n = 151% (N) | 7.8 (60) | 7.9 (91) | 0.96 | 8.4 (102) | 6.9 (49) | 0.2 | 7.9 (56) | 7.8 (95) | 0.9 |
   Chronic health points respiratory criteria, n = 203% (N) | 10.8 (83) | 10.4 (120) | 0.8 | 10.6 (128) | 10.5 (75) | 0.97 | 9.6 (68) | 11.1 (135) | 0.3 |
   Chronic health points immunocompromised, n = 164% (N) | 6.9 (53) | 9.6 (111) | 0.04 | 8.2 (100) | 9.0 (64) | 0.6 | 10.3 (73) | 7.5 (91) | 0.03 |
Admission source: comparison of percentage of patients from each source given or not given each fluid type | |||||||||
Admission source | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | < 0.001 | Â | Â | 0.02 |
Operating room after elective surgery, n = 489% (N) | 38.5 (188) | 61.6 (301) | Â | 67.3 (329) | 32.7 (160) | Â | 40.1 (196) | 59.9 (293) | Â |
Hospital floor, n = 432% (N) | 31.9 (138) | 68.1 (294) | Â | 67.1 (290) | 32.9 (142) | Â | 37.0 (160) | 63.0 (272) | Â |
Transfer from other ICU or hospital, n = 230% (N) | 38.3 (88) | 61.7 (142) | Â | 57.8 (133) | 42.2 (97) | Â | 38.7 (89) | 61.3 (141) | Â |
Operating room after emergency surgery, n = 283% (N) | 43.8 (124) | 56.2 (159) | Â | 67.8 (192) | 32.2 (91) | Â | 35.3 (100) | 64.7 (183) | Â |
Emergency room, n = 331% (N) | 55.0 (182) | 45.0 (149) | Â | 53.8 (178) | 46.2 (153) | Â | 28.7 (95) | 71.3 (236) | Â |
Hospital floor after previous ICU stay, n = 184% (N) | 31.5 (58) | 68.5 (126) | Â | 58.2 (107) | 41.9 (77) | Â | 40.8 (75) | 59.2 (109) | Â |