Table 1 Characteristics of medical and surgical patients who experienced rescue events
Variablen*Medical patientsSurgical patientsp Value
Age (years) (SD)10857.1 (16.9)62.3 (16.5)0.112
Gender (% female)10826/51 (51)28/57 (49)1.00
Event with 24 h admission10814/51 (27)15/57 (26)1.00
Hospital length of stay prior event1045.6 (7.3)12.0 (15.3)0.005
Pulse oximetry (% yes)10713/51 (25)29/56 (52)0.01
Cardiac monitoring (% yes)10623/51 (45)32/55 (58)0.249
Patient-controlled analgesia (% yes)1062/51 (4)10/55 (18)0.045
Procedure (% yes)1068/51 (16)4/55 (7)0.290
Respiratory (% yes)10432/50 (64)43/55 (78)0.164
Oxygen (% yes)10421/50 (42)33/54 (61)0.080
Physical restraints (% yes)1064/51 (8)5/55 (9)1.0
  • *n, patients with data available for review.