Table 2

Unadjusted clinical outcomes comparing patients with and without order set use

Order set used
n=263
Order set not used
n=78
P value
Total no. of admissions, n736244
Length of stay, median (IQR)4 (3–8)3 (2–7)<0.001
No. of readmission within 30 days, median (IQR)1 (0–3)0 (0–1)0.001
Readmitted within 30 days of previous discharge, n (%)148 (56)31 (40)0.01
Complications
 No. of encounters with hypernatraemia, n (%)379 (51)108 (44)0.05
 No. of encounters with hypokalaemia, n (%)341 (46)87 (36)0.003
 No. of encounters with AKI, n (%)342 (47)102 (42)0.19
 In-hospital mortality5 (2%)1 (1%)1
 90-day mortality93 (35%)23 (29%)0.34
  • AKI, acute kidney injury.