Table 3 Average time to intervention from initial lab.

From: Behavioural patterns of electrolyte repletion in intensive care units: lessons from a large electronic dataset

 

Time to intervention from tlab initial

X + SD [min]

#events occurring before nominally previous event

%events occurring before nominally previous event

Potassium

torder

76.18 ± 297.38

  

tRN

279.18 ± 224.72

  

torder lab

696.96 ± 500.45

20073

20.3

tlab follow-up

635.63 ± 443.06

0

0

Magnesium

torder

79.22 ± 280.32

  

tRN

276.17 ± 229.65

  

torder lab

738.05 ± 456.73

7201

15.2

tlab follow-up

577.84 ± 394.91

0

0

Calcium

torder

−7.87 ± 309.11

  

tRN

176.69 ± 224.82

  

torder lab

856.01 ± 507.45

24

1.1

tlab follow-up

19.29 ± 153.63

0

0

Phosphate

torder

69.21 ± 316.46

  

tRN

325.51 ± 242.48

  

torder lab

806.89 ± 501.69

1346

16.2

tlab follow-up

505.33 ± 409.00

0

0

  1. torder the interval between prior lab result and placing the order.
  2. tRN interval between ordering and executing the order.
  3. torder lab the interval between completion of the replacement and ordering follow-up lab.
  4. tlab follow-up the interval between ordering the lab and follow up results showing up.
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