Trial of remote continuous versus intermittent NEWS monitoring after major surgery (TRaCINg): a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Summary of critical care admissions, length of hospital stay, readmission rates and deaths

	NEWS alone n = 65	SensiumVitals® + NEWS n = 60
Level II/III admissions
n	5	1
Length of stay in Level II/III (days)
Mean (s.d.)	3 (2.0)	(.)^a
Length of stay in hospital (days)
Mean (s.d.)	16.2 (20.3)	11.6 (8.2)
95% confidence interval	11.3–21.2	9.5–13.7
Readmissions^b
n (%)	5 (7.7%)	6 (10.2%)
95% confidence interval	2.5– 17.0%	3.8– 12.8%
Inpatient deaths	0	1

^aThe length of stay in Level II/III is unknown for this participant as they were withdrawn due to loss of capacity
^bThe denominator for readmissions was the total number of participants in each respective arm of the study; however, readmission data was not collected for the participant who was withdrawn from the study

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