Fig 1.
Conversion history of the ICU operating system of the institution where the study was conducted.
SICU, surgical intensive care unit. aOpen SICU: treatment was provided by each specialist in each department of general surgery, orthopedic surgery, urology, obstetrics/gynecology, etc. without residents. bClosed SICU: ICU treatment was provided by surgical intensivists after transferring to Critical Care Medicine department.
Fig 2.
Distribution of SOFA score and APACHE II score between OSICU and CSICU groups.
SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; APACHE II, acute physiology, and chronic health evaluation II; OSICU, open surgical intensive care unit; CSICU, closed surgical intensive care unit. (A) Distribution of patients (n) by group according to SOFA score. (B) Distribution of patients (ratio) by group according to SOFA score. (C) Distribution of patients (n) by group according to APACHE II score. (D) Distribution of patients (ratio) by group according to APACHE II score.
Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of surgical intensive care unit patients.
Table 2.
Clinical outcomes of open and closed surgical intensive care unit.
Table 3.
Binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with mortality.
Table 4.
Comparison of treatment strategy between open and closed surgical intensive care unit.
Table 5.
Comparison of ICU operating efficiency according to ICU operating system.