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Table 2 Treatments received in medical and surgical intensive care units during hospitalization

From: Predictors associated with unplanned hospital readmission of medical and surgical intensive care unit survivors within 30 days of discharge

Characteristic

Medical

Surgical

No unplanned readmission

Unplanned readmission

No unplanned readmission

Unplanned readmission

(n = 141,840)

(n = 5583)

(n = 328,086)

(n = 11,142)

Vasopressor, n (%)

26,513 (18.7)

1136 (20.3)

93,209 (28.4)

3319 (29.8)

Stress ulcer prophylaxis, n (%)

107,214 (75.6)

4266 (76.4)

256,934 (78.3)

9277 (83.3)

Blood product usage

pRBC, n (%)

15,930 (11.2)

891 (16.0)

109,216 (33.3)

4937 (44.3)

 FFP, n (%)

2563 (1.8)

147 (2.6)

23,040 (7.0)

1006 (9.0)

 Platelets, n (%)

4050 (2.9)

224 (4.0)

33,954 (10.3)

1468 (13.2)

Steroid use, n (%)

5812 (4.1)

303 (5.4)

20,556 (6.3)

838 (7.5)

Anticoagulant therapy, n (%)

86,280 (60.8)

3296 (59.0)

232,864 (71.0)

8163 (73.3)

TPN, n (%)

36,037 (25.4)

1574 (28.2)

130,747 (39.9)

4998 (44.9)

Antibiotic usage, n (%)

64,532 (45.5)

2972 (53.2)

269,500 (82.1)

9399 (84.4)

RRT

 Number, n (%)

9722 (6.9)

609 (10.9)

19,073 (5.8)

998 (9.0)

 Duration, days, median (IQR)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

4 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

Ventilation

Number, n (%)

27,731 (19.6)

1459 (26.1)

82,005 (25.0)

3395 (30.5)

 Duration, days, median (IQR)

4 (2–9)

4 (2–8)

2 (1–6)

2 (1–6)

Tracheostomy n (%)

2626 (1.9)

91 (1.6)

8978 (2.7)

295 (2.6)

  1. pRBC packed red blood cells, FFP fresh frozen plasma, TPN total parental nutrition, RRT renal replacement therapy, IQR interquartile range