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Table 1 Epidemiological, clinical and outcome variables in CCI patients compared to the rest of ICU admissions

From: The distinct clinical profile of chronically critically ill patients: a cohort study

 

CCI

Non-CCI

P value

n

95

690

 

Age (years)

44 ± 16

41 ± 18

0.21

Gender (male)

50 (53)

356 (52)

0.76

APACHE II

21 ± 7

18 ± 9

0.005

APACHE II mortality risk

38%

32%

0.003

Mortality

30 (32)

240 (35)

0.59

SOFA 24 hours

7 ± 3

6 ± 4

0.003

McCabe score

1.2 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.8

<0.0001

TISS score

32 ± 10

26 ± 8

<0.0001

ARDS

   

   At any point

80 (84)

304 (44)

<0.0001

   On admission

52 (55)

229 (33)

0.0001

   In evolutionb

72 (76)

157 (23)

<0.0001

Shock

   

   At any point

79 (83)

331 (48)

<0.0001

   On admission

58 (61)

286 (42)

<0.001

   In evolutionb

68 (72)

180 (26)

<0.0001

Cranial trauma

19 (20)

88 (13)

0.05

Admission type

   

   Medical

47 (50)

360 (52)

0.70

   Emergency surgery

40 (43)

164 (24)

0.001

   Elective surgery

8 (9)

158 (23)

0.001

Mechanical ventilation

94 (100)

355 (51)

<0.0001

LOMV(days)a

33 (24–50)

5 (2–9)

<0.0001

LOSICU (days)a

39 (29–55)

4 (2–8)

<0.0001

LOSHospital (days)a

55 (37–84)

17 (8–53)

<0.0001

  1. Data are shown as n (%), or mean ± standard deviation, unless specified. aMedian and 0.25 to 0.75 interquartile range. APACHE, Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CCI, chronically critically ill; Evolutionb, developed during ICU stay; ICU, intensive care unit; LOMV, length of mechanical ventilation; LOSHospital, length of stay at the hospital; LOSICU, length of stay at the ICU; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; TISS, therapeutic intervention scoring system.
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