Research Article
Telemedicine Intervention Improves ICU Outcomes
Table 1
General characteristics of study patients.
| | | Preintervention
(n = 630) | Tele-ICU
(n = 2193) | P value |
| | Patient characteristics | | | | | Age in yrs, mean, SD | 66.1 (14.5) | 67.1 (15.3) | 0.1 | | Male, n, % | 334 (53) | 1162 (53) | 0.8 | | APSa, mean, SD | 37.1 (22.8) | 37.7 (19.4) | 0.6 | | APACHEb IV, mean, SD | 49.7 (24.8) | 50.4 (21.0) | 0.5 | | Admission diagnosis by organ system, n, % | | | | | Cardiovascular | 369 (58.6) | 1202 (54.8) | 0.1 | | Pulmonary | 69 (10.9) | 299 (13.6) | 0.1 | | Gastrointestinal | 38 (6.0) | 175 (8.0) | 0.1 | | Neurologic | 24 (3.8) | 108 (4.9) | 0.2 | | Genitourinary/renal | 85 (13.5) | 240 (10.9) | 0.1 | | Endocrinologic | 38 (6.0) | 149 (6.8) | 0.2 | | Hematologic | 7 (1.2) | 20 (1.0) | 0.8 |
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aAPS: acute physiologic score.
bAPACHE: Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation.
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