Table 2 Mortality and functional status 6 months after visiting the emergency department
From: The challenge of admitting the very elderly to intensive care
ICE-CUB1 study | Emergency triage | ICU triage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Too well | Too sick | Too well | Too sick | Admitted to the ICU | |
Patients, N | 1339 | 642 | 155 | 170 | 316 |
Hospital mortality (%) | 8 | 55 | 17 | 68 | 33 |
6-months mortality (%) | 28 | 80 | 41 | 87 | 48 |
Decrease in ADL score* | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.44 |