From: Perceptions of the appropriateness of care in California adult intensive care units
Numerator/ denominator (percentage)a | |
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Female gender | 331/656 (50.5) |
Age | |
18-45 | 71/664 (10.7) |
46-65 | 159/664 (24.0) |
66-79 | 228/664 (34.3) |
>80 | 206/664 (31.0) |
Days in the ICU | |
0-7 days | 329/664 (49.6) |
8-29 days | 226/664 (34.0) |
>30 days | 109/664 (16.4) |
Main clinical reason for admission | |
Sepsis | 254/622 (40.8) |
Trauma | 30/622 (4.8) |
Neurological disease | 75/622 (12.1) |
Cardiac disease | 80/622 (12.9) |
Post-operative monitoring | 28/622 (4.5) |
Other | 155/622 (24.9) |
Functional status prior to ICU admission | |
Able to carry out normal activities | 199/616 (32.3) |
Able to live at home but needs some assistance | 182/616 (29.6) |
Unable to care for self, needs institutional support | 235/616 (38.2) |
Moderate-severe comorbidities prior to admission | |
None | 115/665 (17.3) |
Heart failure | 250/665 (37.6) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 162/665 (24.4) |
Dementia | 143/665 (21.5) |
Active metastatic cancer | 118/665 (17.7) |
Other | 16/665 (2.4) |
Current ICU level interventions | |
Mechanical ventilation | 408/665 (61.3) |
Vasopressors | 282/665 (42.4) |
Dialysis | 163/665 (24.5) |
Massive transfusion | 160/665 (24.1) |
None | 160/665 (24.1) |
Estimate of the patient’s illness trajectory | |
Uncertain prognosis | 113/624 (18.1) |
Patient likely to improve | 203/624 (32.5) |
Patient unlikely to survive despite treatment | 308/624 (49.4) |
Advanced directive at admission to the ICU (Yes) | 153/561 (27.3) |
Family meeting occurred (Yes) | 350/577 (60.6) |