Table 2 Number of chemistry and complete blood count tests performed per patient per day during the first 8 days of intensive care unit stay.

From: A descriptive study of routine laboratory testing in intensive care unit in nearly 140,000 patient stays

Day

Number of patient stays

Type of test

Mean

Standard Deviation

Median

5th percentile

95th percentile

0

138,734

Chemistry

2.67

1.98

2

1

7

Complete blood count

2.42

1.81

2

1

6

1

103,604

Chemistry

1.13

1.19

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.97

1.01

1

0

3

2

61,623

Chemistry

1.15

1.12

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.95

0.93

1

0

3

3

39,478

Chemistry

1.20

1.11

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.95

0.88

1

0

2

4

27,382

Chemistry

1.25

1.12

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.96

0.86

1

0

2

5

20,134

Chemistry

1.28

1.12

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.96

0.84

1

0

2

6

15,381

Chemistry

1.30

1.11

1

0

4

Complete blood count

0.98

0.82

1

0

2

7

12,169

Chemistry

1.30

1.11

1

0

3

Complete blood count

0.98

0.81

1

0

2