Table 1 Demographic summary of WMH ICU population
From: Improving delirium care in the intensive care unit: The design of a pragmatic study
Variable | SICU | MICU + CCU | PICU |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of beds | 8 | 14 | 29 |
Average monthly admission | 40 | 67 | 228 |
Female | 35% | 38% | 42% |
Age | Â | Â | Â |
   - < 60 | 72% | 71% | 70% |
   - 61-80 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
   - > 80 | 1% | 4% | 4% |
Admitted from | Â | Â | Â |
   - ER | 55% | 61% | 52% |
   - Non-ICU wards | 20% | 19% | 12% |
   - Other | 1% | 20% | 36% |
Mean length of ICU stay, days | 5.96 | 6.10 | 3.72 |
Discharge location | Â | Â | Â |
   - Home or other facility | 12% | 14% | 38% |
   - Regular hospital wards | 29% | 22% | 51% |
   - PICU | 47% | 50% | -- |
   - Other | 12% | 12% | 11% |
ICU mortality rate | 11% | 12% | 1.3% |