Table 1 Characteristics of the intoxication patients, the ICU population and the general population control patients
Variable | Intoxication patients (n = 2591) | Other ICU patients (n = 2577) | Control population (n = 2591) |
|---|---|---|---|
Male (n %) | 1185 (45.7%) | 1179 (45.8%) | 1185 (45.7%) |
Age (median IQR) | 45 (32; 55) | 45 (32; 55) | 45 (32; 55) |
SES (median IQR) | 0.1 (−0.8; 0.7) | 0.1 (−0.8; 0.7) | 0.1 (− 0.8; 0.7) |
Died during 2013 (n %) | 141 | 488 | 17 |
Died during 2014 (n %) | 107 | 96 | 11 |
Characteristics of the first (intoxication related) ICU admission | |||
Admission type | |||
• Medical | 2563 | 2563 | |
• Planned surgery | 6 | 6 | |
• Emergency surgery | 8 | 8 | |
• Missing | 14 | – | |
APACHE IV scorea | 38 (24; 62) | 49 (31; 76) | |
Length of ICU stay (days, median, IQR) | 0.8 (0.5; 1.3) | 1.7 (0.8; 3.6) | |
Length of hospital stay (days, median, IQR) | 1 (1; 3) | 8 (4; 15) | |
Mechanical ventilation | 537 | 1016 | |
Subgroups of intoxications | |||
• Alcohol | 277 | – | |
• Analgesics | 110 | – | |
• Antidepressant | 282 | – | |
• Street drug | 357 | – | |
• Sedatives | 836 | – | |
• Poisoning | 11 | – | |
• Other | 364 | – | |
• Combination | 354 | – | |
Acute diagnosis | |||
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 26 | 218 | – |
• Burns | 2 | 13 | – |
• Cardiac dysrhythmia | 97 | 238 | – |
• GI bleeding | 6 | 79 | – |
• CVA | 14 | 118 | – |
• Intracranial mass effect | 8 | 113 | – |
• Sepsis | 8 | 316 | – |
• OHCA | 22 | 168 | – |
• SAH | 0 | 60 | – |
• Trauma | 54 | 287 | – |