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Table 3 Regional end-of-life practice score and frequency of failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation

From: Derivation and performance of an end-of-life practice score aimed at interpreting worldwide treatment-limiting decisions in the critically ill

Region

No. of centers

No. of patients

Original EPS median (IQR) a

W/R EPS median (IQR)a

No. (%) of failed CPRb

Africa

2

160

2 (2–7)

3.67 (3.56–3.67)

106 (66.3)

Latin America

9

501

6 (3–7)

4.70 (4.70–7.47)

154 (30.7)

North America

9

910

9 (9–12)

8.76 (8.24–8.76)

78 (8.6)

Asia

28

1690

7 (4–7)

5.56 (3.96–7.03)

253 (15.0)

Australia/New Zealand

9

513

8 (7–8)

7.80 (5.73–9.81)

23 (4.5)

Central Europe

41

3494

7 (6–9)

6.47 (5.46–8.24)

402 (11.5)

Northern Europe

35

2055

7 (6–9)

5.72 (4.41–7.43)

70 (3.4)

Southern Europe

53

2251

6 (4–9)

5.51 (4.24–7.02)

553 (24.6)

Total

186

11,574

7 (6–9)

6.28 (4.50–8.22)

1,639 (14.2)

  1. EPS end-of-life practice score, IQR interquartile range, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, W/R weighted/rescaled
  2. aMonte Carlo significance level of Kruskal Wallis test among the eight world regions, P < 0.001
  3. bSignificance level of “overall” Pearson chi square test among the eight world regions, P < 0.001