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Table 1 Baseline characteristics on/during ICU admission

From: Reduction in gastrointestinal bleeding by development and implementation of a protocol for stress ulcer prophylaxis: a before-after study

 

Before implementation of the protocol (n = 211)

After implementation of the protocol (n = 238)

P value

Sex

Male

132

(62.6 %)

157

(66.0 %)

0.452

Female

79

(37.4 %)

81

(34.0 %)

Age (years)a

70

(21–98)

72

(22–94)

0.269

Diagnosis and treatment department

Medical

110

(52.1 %)

122

(51.3 %)

0.974

Surgery

40

(19.0 %)

47

(19.7 %)

Others

61

(28.9 %)

69

(29.0 %)

Intubation

96

(45.5 %)

101

(42.4 %)

0.514

Coagulopathy

91

(43.1 %)

106

(44.5 %)

0.764

Trauma

44

(20.9 %)

38

(16.0 %)

0.181

Burns

8

(3.8 %)

5

(2.1 %)

0.286

  1. aValues are presented as the median (range)