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Table 1 Demographic and characteristics of CCU patients

From: Prevalence of potential drug − drug interactions in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit patients in a Chinese tertiary care teaching hospital

Characteristics

Values

Number of patients (n)

203

Age (mean ± SD)

63.66 ± 13.87

Gender

Male

131

Female

72

Number of drugs per prescription (mean ± SD)

15.73 ± 7.18

Length of stay in the CCU in days (mean ± SD)

6.18 ± 2.92

Severity of pDDIs per patients

Contraindicated

4

Major

255

Moderate

360

Minor

61