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Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of the pre- and post-FASTHUG time frames

From: Implementation of the "FASTHUG" concept decreases the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit

 

2003–2004 n = 1315 patients

2005–2007 n = 1653 patients

p-value

Age (mean ± sd)

58.5 ± 17.9

59.3 ± 17.2

0.23

Sex (%)

  

0.57

Male

40.2

39.2

 

Female

59.8

60.8

 

Race (%)

  

0.86

Whites

78.9

79.1

 

Other

21.1

20.9

 

LOS (mean ± sd)

13.6 ± 16.1

12.3 ± 13.2

0.07

SICU Days (mean)

7.5

7.7

0.65

MDC

  

0.91

Respiratory

7.88

7.14

 

Circulatory

33.16

32.39

 

Digestive

12.78

14.10

 

Kidney/Urology

12.85

8.35

 

Nervous

5.86

7.20

 

SOI (%)

  

0.001

Minor

10.1

8.5

 

Moderate

30.3

26.3

 

Major

31.5

32.0

 

Extreme

28.1

33.2

 
  1. LOS = hospital length of stay; SICU = surgical intensive care; MDC = major diagnostic categories; and SOI = severity of illness. P-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.
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