Impact of Delayed Admission to the Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Department upon Sepsis Outcomes and Sepsis Protocol Compliance

Table 1

Demographics and baseline characteristics for early and delayed ICU admission .

	Early admission; <6 hours	Delayed admission; 6 hours	value
Age (mean, SD)	73.0 (13.6)	72.4 (16.0)	0.73
Sex (% male)	53.3	48.0	0.37
Admission per calendar quarter (%)			0.38
Q1 (January–March)	25.55	34.00
Q2 (April–June)	36.50	29.33
Q3 (July–September)	18.98	20.00
Q4 (October–December)	18.98	16.67
SOFA score (mean, SD)	7.2 (3.2)	7.0 (3.3)	0.56
MAP (mean, SD)	70.1 (19.5)	72.0 (18.6)	0.40
Initial lactate (mean, SD)	3.9 (2.6)	3.2 (2.2)	0.01
Patient with initial lactate 4 (%)	39.4	30.0	0.09
Hypotension (MAP < 65) on initial presentation	49.64	40.67	0.13
Code status			0.75
Full	73.72	75.33
DNR/DNI	26.28	24.67
Median ED time (hours) [25th, 75th percentile]	4.6	8.1

MAP, mean arterial pressure; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; DNR, do not resuscitate; DNI, do not intubate.