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Table 4 Procedures at ICU/PICU

From: Association of intensive care unit or paediatric intensive care unit admissions with the method of transporting patients: a multicentre retrospective study

Procedures

Family transport group

(n = 871)

EMS transport group

(n = 2092)

p-values

OR

IMV (%)

days, median (IQR)

219 (25.1)

4 (2–7)

910 (43.5)

5 (2–8)

<  0.01*

0.08

0.43

NPPV (%)

days, median (IQR)

114 (13.1)

2 (2–4)

160 (7.6)

3 (2–4)

<  0.01*

0.74

1.82

CHDF (%)

days, median (IQR)

10 (1.1)

4 (2–6.5)

95 (4.5)

5 (3–8.5)

<  0.01*

0.285

0.24

PEX (%)

days, median (IQR)

7 (0.8)

3 (1–3)

49 (2.3)

4 (3–5)

<  0.01*

0.026

0.34

PMX-DHP (%)

days, median (IQR)

3 (0.3)

3 (3–3)

7 (0.3)

2 (1–2.5)

1

0.08

1.03

ECMO (%)

days, median (IQR)

0

26 (1.2)

5 (3–7.75)

<  0.01*

0

ICP sensor (%)

days, median (IQR)

1 (0.1)

6 (6–6)

31 (1.5)

6 (3–7)

<  0.01*

0.913

0.08

CVC (%)

days, median (IQR)

128 (14.7)

5 (3–8)

583 (27.9)

6 (4–8)

<  0.01*

0.0988

0.45

A-line (%)

days, median (IQR)

281 (32.3)

4 (2–6)

976 (46.7)

5 (3–8)

<  0.01*

<  0.01*

0.66

PICC (%)

days, median (IQR)

70 (8.0)

4 (3–6.75)

292 (14.0)

6 (3.75–9)

<  0.01*

<  0.01*

0.85

  1. OR Odds ratio, ICU Intensive care unit, PICU Paediatric intensive care unit, EMS Emergency medical service, IMV Invasive mechanical ventilation, IQR Interquartile range, NPPV Non-invasive mechanical ventilation, CHDF Continuous hemodiafiltration, PEX Plasma exchange, PMX-DHP Polymyxin B immobilized fiber column direct hemoperfusion, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ICP Intracranial pressure, CVC Central venous catheter, A-line Arterial line, PICC Peripheral inserted central catheter
  2. *p <  0.01