Table 1 Patient characteristics
Characteristics | Study data Non-survivors: EOLC n = 50 | Study data Non-survivors: excluding EOLC n = 250 | Study data Analyzed survivors n = 20 | Study data All survivors n = 7082 | Study data ICU discharges excluding EOLC†n = 7332 | National CMP††data ICU discharges excluding EOLC n = 437,586 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age median (IQR) | 73 (65–82.75) | 74 (63.25–80) | 66 (55–69.5) | 62 (46–73) | 62 (47–73) | 63 (48–74) |
Female n (%) | 18 (34.6) | 90 (36) | 7 (35) | 3075 (43.4) | 3165 (43.2) | 198,319 (45.3) |
APACHE II median (IQR) | 21 (18–24) | 21 (17–26) | 16 (14–22) | 15 (12–20) | 16 (12–20) | 13 (10–18) |
Admission diagnosis n (%) | ||||||
 Surgical | 14 (28) | 112 (44.8) | 13 (65) | 3529 (49.8)a | 3641 (49.7)a | 209,098 (47.8)d |
 Medical | 36 (72) | 138 (55.2) | 7 (35) | 3194 (45.1) | 3332 (45.4) | 228,439 (52.2) |
Type of admission n (%) | ||||||
 Emergency | 50 (100) | 233 (93.2) | 17 (85) | 4352 (61.5)b | 4585 (62.5) b | 313,790 (71.7)d |
 Elective | 0 (0) | 17 (6.8) | 3 (15) | 1702 (24.0) | 1719 (23.4) | 123,747 (28.3) |
Clinical frailty scale n (%) | ||||||
 1–4 | 23 (46) | 128 (51.2) | 15 (75) | 5471 (77.3)c | 5599 (76.4)c | 339,919 (77.7)e |
 5 | 12 (24) | 57 (22.8) | 3 (15) | 1218 (17.2) | 1275 (17.4) | 73,822 (16.9) |
 6 | 5 (10) | 44 (17.6) | 2 (10) | 185 (2.6) | 229 (3.1) | 17,631 (4.0) |
 7–9 | 10 (20) | 21 (8.4) | 0 | 105 (1.5) | 126 (1.7) | 4459 (1.0) |
ICU LOS (hours) median (IQR) | 72 (48–144) | 96 (48–168) | 312 (138–534) | 72 (48–120) | 72 (48–120) | 57 (26–120) |
Post-ICU LOS (days) median (IQR) | 1.5 (0–4) | 9 (5–21) | 15.5 (6.5–24.5) | 8 (4–17) | 8 (4–17) | 8 (4–16) |