Table 2 Organ support and level of care of each admission

Organ support modalities, n (%)

IMV days, median (IQR)

2 (0–3)

3 (1–7)

5 (3–9)

 < 0.001

Respiratory

 < 0.001

 Advanced support^a

5782 (72.4)

1033 (87.5)

545 (98.9)

 Basic support^b

655 (8.2)

78 (6.6)

4 (0.7)

 No support

1554 (19.5)

70 (5.9)

2 (0.4)

Cardiovascular

 < 0.001

 Advanced support^c

1912 (23.9)

512 (43.4)

168 (30.5)

 Basic support^d

5158 (64.6)

575 (48.7)

353 (64.1)

 No support

921 (11.5)

94 (8)

30 (5.4)

Gastrointestinal^e

3929 (49.2)

724 (61.3)

423 (76.8)

 < 0.001

Neurological^f

836 (10.5)

126 (10.7)

131 (23.8)

 < 0.001

Renal^g

1268 (15.9)

329 (27.9)

106 (19.2)

 < 0.001

Liver^h

104 (1.3)

31 (2.6)

10 (1.8)

0.002

Dermatologicalⁱ

11 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

1 (0.2)

0.190

Number of organs supported, median (IQR)

2 (2–2)

2 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

 < 0.001

Percentage of days spent at level of care, median (IQR)

 Level 3^j

75 (40–100)

100 (88–100)

100 (95–100)

 < 0.001

 Level 2 ^k

17 (0–50)

0 (0–10)

0 (0–3)

 < 0.001

 Level 1 ^l

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

 < 0.001

 Level 0 ^m

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.028

Care in first 24 h of ICU admission, n (%)

 < 0.001

 Level 3

5437 (68)

963 (81.5)

487 (88.4)

 Level 2

1500 (18.8)

101 (8.6)

7 (1.3)

 Level 1 or Level 0

1054 (13.2)

117 (9.9)

57 (10.3)

Care at ICU discharge, n (%)*

(n = 7591)

(n = 394)

(n = 222)

 < 0.001

 Level 3

574 (7.6)

36 (9.1)

3 (1.4)

 Level 2

3967 (52.3)

177 (44.9)

85 (38.3)

 Level 1

2771 (36.5)

169 (42.9)

122 (55)

 Level 0

279 (3.7)

12 (3.1)

12 (5.4)