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From: The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay

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Impact of ICU-based adverse events on hospital length of stay. We have plotted three survival functions: an unadjusted survival function for patients with an adverse event (red dotted line); an unadjusted survival function for patients without an adverse event (black dotted line); and, the expected survival function for patients with an adverse event in the event they actually did not have an adverse event (blue solid line). The expected survival function was calculated with the values of model covariates for all cases. This Cox model included the following covariates: age, probability of death as measured by the new Simplified Acute Physiology Score, length of stay prior to ICU admission, and Charlson score. The median lengths of stay are indicated on the curve by black vertical lines. The differences in length of stay are presented.

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