Table 1 The number of patients in each surgical speciality, BUPA complexity category and immediate postoperative destination clinical area
From: Perioperative intravenous fluid prescribing: a multi-centre audit
| Surgical speciality | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower GI, gynaecology and urology | Orthopaedics | Upper GI | Total | ||
| BUPA category and postoperative clinical area | CMO | 57 | 110 | 63 | 230 |
| ICU | 12 (21 %) | 3 (2.7 %) | 36 (57 %) | ||
| HDU/ward | 45 (79 %) | 107 (97.2 %) | 27 (43 %) | ||
| Major+ | 79 | 73 | 10 | 162 | |
| ICU | 28 (35 %) | 2 (3 %) | 4 (40 %) | ||
| HDU/ward | 51 (65 %) | 71 (97 %) | 6 (60 %) | ||
| Major | 8 | 3 | 28 | 39 | |
| ICU | 1 (4 %) | ||||
| HDU/ward | 8 (100 %) | 3 (100 %) | 27 (96 %) | ||
| Total | 144 | 186 | 101 | 431 | |