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

Table 2 Admission and clinical characteristics of CCI survivors and non-survivors

	Survivors	Non-survivors	P value
n	64	31
Age (years)	40 ± 16	51 ± 12	0.0008
Gender (male)	35 (55)	15 (48)	0.56
APACHE II	20 ± 7	21 ± 6	0.51
APACHE II mortality risk (%)	37	42	0.33
SOFA 24 hours	7 ± 3	8 ± 3	0.28
McCabe score	1.2 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.6	0.38
TISS	32 ± 9	32 ± 19	0.81
Pre-admission
Emergency room	38 (59)	16 (51)	0.47
Hospital ward	12 (19)	5 (16)	0.75
Transfer from other hospital	26 (41)	6 (19)	0.04
LOS previous hospitals (days)	6 ± 8	6 ± 8	0.97
Cause of mechanical ventilation
Respiratory	19 (30)	9 (29)	0.95
Hemodynamic	23 (36)	9 (29)	0.50
Neurological	13 (20)	6 (19)	0.91
Postoperative	9 (14)	7 (23)	0.24
MODS	42 (68)	29(94)	0.01
ARDS
On admission	35 (55)	17 (55)	0.98
In evolution^b	48 (75)	24 (77)	0.79
Shock
On admission	39 (61)	19 (61)	0.97
In evolution^b	45 (70)	23 (77)	0.46
Number of shock episodes	59	55	0.05
LOS_ICU (days)^a	38 (29–53)	44 (30–58)	0.34
LOS_Hospital (days)^a	65 (42–83)	50 (32–62)	0.05

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; Evolution^b, developed during ICU stay; ICU, intensive care unit; LO_MV, length of mechanical ventilation; LOS_Hospital, length of stay at the hospital; LOS_ICU, length of stay at the ICU; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; TISS, therapeutic intervention scoring system.

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