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Table 1 Significant differences between patients admitted to the unit for critical medical or post-surgical care (Mann–Whitney U test)

From: Medication errors and drug knowledge gaps among critical-care nurses: a mixed multi-method study

Variable

Average

Significance

Length of hospital stay

Medical admission

56.77

0.001

Surgical admission

36.57

0.001

Number of drugs

Medical admission

57.72

0.001

Surgical admission

36.02

0.001

Error causes

Medical admission

54.23

0.004

Surgical admission

38.05

0.004

Total errors detected

Medical admission

56.52

0.001

Surgical admission

36.72

0.001

Drug interactions

Medical admission

56.92

0.001

Surgical admission

36.48

0.001