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Table 2 Description of hospital stay

From: Hospital stay in patients admitted for acute bipolar manic episodes prescribed quetiapine immediate or extended release: a retrospective non-interventional cohort study (HOME)

 

Quetiapine IR

Quetiapine XR

Total

Characteristic

(N = 659)

(N = 571)

(N = 1230)

Department of admission, N (%)

   

Emergency room

84 (12.7)

52 ((9.1)

136 (11.1)

Intensive care unit

11 (1.7)

27 (4.7)

38 (3.1)

General ward

19 (2.9)

21 (3.7)

40 (3.3)

Psychiatric ward

544 (82.5)

469 (82.1)

1013 (82.4)

Other

1 (0.2)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.2)

Time from symptom onset to admission (days), median

8.0

8.0

8.0

No. of nights in ward, median

   

Emergency room

1.0

1.0

1.0

Intensive care unit

5.5

18.0

14.0

General ward

13.0

20.5

15.0

Psychiatric ward

18.0

19.0

18.0

Other

5.0

10.5

9.0

Discharge status, N (%)

   

Discharged to home

629 (95.4)

531 (93.2)

1160 (94.4)

Transferred to another facility

19 (2.9)

27 (4.7)

46 (3.7)

Other

9 (1.4)

10 (1.8)

19 (1.5)

Unknown

2 (0.3)

2 (0.4)

4 (0.3)

  1. IR, immediate release; XR, extended release.