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Table 2 Relation between levels of LCONV, the corresponding values of LMX and the reduction in lumens

From: Towards more efficient use of intravenous lumens in multi-infusion settings: development and evaluation of a multiplex infusion scheduling algorithm

Number of conventional lumens

(LCONV)

N

Total number of solutions

Mean ± SD

LMX*

Mean ± SD

LMX*

Median [IQR]

Reduction in lumens (ΔL)

N (%)

P**

ΔL = 1

ΔL = 2

ΔL = 3

1

51,165

1.2 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.0

1 [1–1]

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

not applicable

2

65,575

2.5 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.4

2 [2–2]

13,831 (21%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001

3

38,339

3.8 ± 0.8

2.5 ± 0.7

3 [2–3]

9298 (24%)

4778 (13%)

0 (0%)

< 0.001

4

17,043

5.2 ± 1.0

2.7 ± 0.7

2 [2–3]

7399 (43%)

7326 (43%)

97 (1%)

< 0.001

5

3693

6.8 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 0.5

3 [3–3]

166 (5%)

2843 (77%)

642 (17%)

< 0.001

6

182

7.5 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 0.5

3 [3–4]

0 (0%)

88 (48%)

94 (52%)

< 0.001

  1. LMX: Number of lumens required in a multiplex administration schedule
  2. SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
  3. *Ddrugs was set to 5 min
  4. **Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test for the difference between the medians of LCONV and LMX