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Table 2 procedures on ICU

From: Clinical characteristics and outcome of very elderly patients ≥90 years in intensive care: a retrospective observational study

Procedure, n (%)

All patients

length (h) MD (IQR)

ICU survivors

ICU-non-survivors

p value

Mechanical ventilation

148 (39.8)

12.5 (4.5–34)

91 (29.9)

57 (83.8)

<0.001

Catecholamines

148 (39.8)

20 (7–43.75)

96 (31.6)

52 (76.5)

<0.001

Blood transfusion

76 (20.4)

 

57 (18.8)

19 (27.9)

0.089

Renal replacement

7 (1.9)

 

3 (1)

4 (5.9)

0.007

Total

213 (57.3)

 

150 (49.3)

63 (92.6)

<0.001

  1. ICU intensive care unit, MD median, IQR interquartile range