Table 1 Baseline demographics, illness severity scores, organ support durations and admission diagnoses for those sent a questionnaire and patients responding
Sent a questionnaire | Responders | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients (n) | 13,155 | 4943 | ||
Age (median) [25th–75th] | 63 [47–73] | 64 [52–73] | ||
Sex (%male) | 57% | 57% | ||
APACHE II score (median) [25th–75th] | 15 [11–19] | 15 [11–19] | ||
ICU length of stay (median) [25th–75th] | 3 [2–6] | 3 [2–6] | ||
Hospital length of stay (median) [25th–75th] | 15 [8–29] | 15 [9–28] | ||
Advanced cardiovascular support (% of patients) | 23% | 26% | ||
Basic cardiovascular support (% of patients) | 90% | 91% | ||
Advanced respiratory support (% of patients) | 55% | 56% | ||
Basic respiratory support (% of patients) | 63% | 64% | ||
Renal support (% of patients) | 9% | 10% | ||
Neurological support (% of patients) | 10% | 9% | ||
Liver support (% of patients) | 0% | 0% | ||
Dermatological support (% of patients) | 4% | 5% | ||
Gastrointestinal support (% of patients) | 42% | 43% | ||
Respiratory tract infection | n = 1152 | 9% | n = 419 | 8% |
Vascular procedure to major vessel | n = 881 | 7% | n = 399 | 8% |
Large bowel tumour | n = 695 | 5% | n = 315 | 6% |
Self-poisoning | n = 572 | 4% | n = 117 | 2% |
Septicaemia and septic shock | n = 431 | 3% | n = 173 | 3% |
Acute renal failure | n = 473 | 4% | n = 169 | 3% |
COPD | n = 393 | 3% | n = 155 | 3% |
Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus | n = 272 | 2% | n = 145 | 3% |
Status epilepticus | n = 318 | 2% | n = 80 | 2% |
Bowel perforation | n = 305 | 2% | n = 106 | 2% |
Acute pancreatitis | n = 192 | 1% | n = 83 | 2% |
Diabetic ketoacidosis | n = 217 | 2% | n = 57 | 1% |
Asthma attack in new or known asthmatic patients | n = 201 | 2% | n = 83 | 2% |
Ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation | n = 169 | 1% | n = 75 | 2% |
Acute myocardial infarction | n = 175 | 1% | n = 66 | 1% |