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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Saline versus 5% dextrose in water as a drug diluent for critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

Total (N = 844)

D5W (n = 365)

Saline (n = 479)

p value

Age, years

69 (55–77)

68 (56–75)

69 (55–78)

0.313

Male sex

584 (69.2)

244 (66.8)

340 (71.0)

0.202

Height, cm

164 (157–170)

164 (158–170)

164 (157–170)

0.593

Weight, kg

60 (50–70)

61 (51–70)

60 (50–70)

0.62

Body mass index

22 (20–25)

23 (20–25)

22 (20–25)

0.295

Comorbidity

 Heart failure

8 (0.9)

2 (0.5)

6 (1.3)

0.477

 Respiratory failure

17 (2.0)

5 (1.4)

12 (2.5)

0.325

 Liver cirrhosis

30 (3.6)

16 (4.4)

14 (2.9)

0.266

 Hematologic malignancy

45 (5.3)

20 (5.5)

25 (5.2)

0.878

 Metastatic malignancy

34 (4.0)

12 (3.3)

22 (4.6)

0.381

 Immunosuppression

95 (11.3)

39 (10.7)

56 (11.7)

0.662

Time from hospitalization to ICU, days

2 (0–7)

3 (0–8)

1 (0–6)

0.005

Patient category

   

0.005

 Planned surgical

291 (34.5)

150 (41.1)

141 (29.4)

 

 Nonplanned surgical

212 (25.1)

83 (22.7)

129 (26.9)

 

 Medical from ward

185 (21.9)

75 (20.5)

110 (23.0)

 

 Medical from ED

156 (18.5)

57 (15.6)

99 (20.7)

 

Main damaged organ

   

0.745

 Cardiovascular

342 (40.5)

156 (42.7)

186 (38.8)

 

 Neurologic

153 (18.1)

65 (17.8)

88 (18.4)

 

 Respiratory

127 (15.0)

49 (13.4)

78 (16.3)

 

 Digestive

120 (14.2)

51 (14.0)

69 (14.4)

 

 Other

102 (12.1)

44 (12.1)

58 (12.1)

 

APACHE III score

71 (56–88)

71 (57–86)

72 (54–88)

0.916

Data at ICU admission

 Sodium, mmol/L

140 (137–142)

140 (137–142)

140 (137–143)

0.274

 Chloride, mmol/L

107 (103–111)

108 (104–111)

107 (103–111)

0.105

 Blood glucose, mg/dL

137 (115–169)

136 (113–169)

138 (115–169)

0.525

 Baseline creatinine, mg/dL

0.85 (0.74–0.99)

0.84 (0.72–0.98)

0.85 (0.75–1.00)

0.448

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (%)
  2. APACHE III Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III, D5W dextrose 5% in water, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit