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Table 2 Comparisons of the number of hourly medication orders by patient characteristics

From: Investigating the cognitive capacity constraints of an ICU care team using a systems engineering approach

Characteristics

Average (SD)

P

IMV usage

 

< 0.001

Usage

1.1 (2.8)

 

Non-usage

0.7 (1.8)

 

New patients

 

< 0.001

New

2.1 (3.5)

 

Regular

0.7 (1.6)

 

High mortality risk patients

 

< 0.001

High

1.1 (2.5)

 

Low

0.8 (1.8)

 
  1. P-values were calculated using the two-sample t-test. If a p-value is less than 0.05, the two quantities are considered significantly different