Table 2 Patients present in the ICU during the first and second 14 day periods.
From: Reporting of unintended events in an intensive care unit: comparison between staff and observer
Period of fourteen days | first | second |
|---|---|---|
Number of patients present in the period | 18 | 20 |
Age (years): median | 74 | 73 |
Type of ICU admission | ||
Surgical planned | 6 | 8 |
Surgical unplanned | 7 | 7 |
Medical | 5 | 5 |
SAPS II at ICU admission: median | 40 | 39 |
APACHE II at ICU admission: median | 18 | 15 |
Number of ICU days (hours/24) in the study | 110 | 99 |
Number of ventilation days (hours/24) in the study | 71 | 59 |
Available ICU bed days | 112 | 112 |