Supplementary materials: Continuous vital sign monitoring in patients after elective abdominal surgery: a retrospective study on clinical outcomes and costs

These are peer-reviewed supplementary materials for the article 'Continuous vital sign monitoring in patients after elective abdominal surgery: a retrospective study on clinical outcomes and costs' published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.Table S1: Clinical outcomes in different disease categoriesTable S2: Linear regression results for length of stayTable S3: Logistic regression summary results for ICU admissionTable S4: EWS measurementsTable S5: EWS scores of HR and RR measurementsTable S6: Linear regression summary results for ward costsTable S7: Linear regression summary results for ICU costsTable S8: Linear regression summary results for total costsAim: To assess changes in outcomes and costs upon implementation of continuous vital sign monitoring in postsurgical patients. Materials & methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and in-hospital costs compared with a control period. Results: During the intervention period patients were less frequently admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (p = 0.004), had shorter length of stay (p Conclusion: Continuous vital sign monitoring may have contributed to fewer ICU admissions and lower ICU costs in postsurgical patients.本内容为发表于《比较效果研究杂志》（Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research）的论文《择期腹部手术后患者的持续生命体征监测：临床结局与成本回顾性研究》的同行评议补充材料。 表S1：不同疾病分类下的临床结局 表S2：住院时长的线性回归分析结果 表S3：重症监护病房（ICU）收治情况的逻辑回归汇总结果 表S4：早期预警评分（EWS）测量数据 表S5：心率（HR）与呼吸频率（RR）测量对应的早期预警评分（EWS） 表S6：病房成本的线性回归汇总结果 表S7：ICU成本的线性回归汇总结果 表S8：总成本的线性回归汇总结果 研究目的：评估术后患者实施持续生命体征监测后，其临床结局与住院成本的变化情况。 材料与方法：以对照周期为参照，对临床结局与院内成本开展回顾性分析。 研究结果：干预周期内，患者的ICU收治率更低（p = 0.004），住院时长更短（p 研究结论：持续生命体征监测或可降低术后患者的ICU收治率与ICU住院成本。