Table 3 Treatment in the ICU during the last 6 months before death, by cause of death
Mechanical ventilation | NIV | Inotropes/vasopressors | Dialysis | Full organ supportive treatment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes of death | % | aPR | 95 % CI | % | aPR | 95 % CI | % | aPR | 95 % CI | % | aPR | 95 % CI | % | aPR | 95 % CI |
Cancer | 42.2 | 1.00 | Reference | 16.4 | 1.00 | Reference | 38.9 | 1.00 | Reference | 9.7 | 1.00 | Reference | 7.5 | 1.00 | Reference |
Chronic non-cancer diseases | 55.6 | 1.40 | 1.35–1.46 | 27.3 | 1.62 | 1.50–1.76 | 44.3 | 1.19 | 1.07–1.31 | 9.4 | 1.05 | 0.87–1.28 | 6.9 | 1.02 | 0.82–1.27 |
Diabetes | 49.7 | 1.27 | 1.16–1.39 | 17.3 | 1.03 | 0.94–1.14 | 48.2 | 1.31 | 1.18–1.46 | 22.2 | 2.27 | 1.91–2.69 | 14.3 | 1.98 | 1.60–2.44 |
Dementia | 25.6 | 0.80 | 0.68–0.94 | 11.3 | 0.64 | 0.46–0.88 | 16.5 | 1.31 | 1.18–1.46 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – |
IHD | 59.3 | 1.57 | 1.53–1.61 | 16.4 | 0.96 | 0.90–1.03 | 62.5 | 0.54 | 0.39–0.73 | 14.0 | 1.60 | 1.20–2.14 | 11.0 | 1.70 | 1.31–2.20 |
Heart failure | 49.8 | 1.36 | 1.22–1.51 | 27.8 | 1.64 | 1.53–1.75 | 52.2 | 1.72 | 1.60–1.86 | 14.5 | 1.74 | 1.33–2.28 | 10.2 | 1.66 | 1.16–2.39 |
Stroke | 69.6 | 1.66 | 1.60–1.71 | 8.2 | 0.51 | 0.45–0.58 | 33.3 | 1.49 | 1.32–1.68 | 3.6 | 0.40 | 0.32–0.50 | 2.64 | 0.37 | 0.29–0.48 |
COPD | 43.3 | 1.11 | 1.01–1.22 | 58.5 | 3.40 | 3.00–3.85 | 33.3 | 0.86 | 0.72–1.03 | 5.3 | 0.62 | 0.46–0.84 | 3.8 | 0.59 | 0.38–0.91 |
CLF | 61.1 | 1.30 | 1.14–1.47 | 13.4 | 0.90 | 0.81–1.01 | 52.2 | 0.90 | 0.79–1.03 | 12.6 | 1.19 | 0.90–1.56 | 9.4 | 1.12 | 0.83–1.52 |