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Table 2 Baseline data of the 777 WhWd patients

From: Withholding or withdrawal of treatment under French rules: a study performed in 43 intensive care units

 

Number

Percent

95 % CI

Knaus

A

185

24

21.0–27.2

B

224

29

25.9–32.4

C

276

35.8

32.4–39.3

D

87

11.3

9.2–13.8

MD

5

  

Mc Cabe

0

315

40.9

37.4–44.4

1

299

38.8

35.3–42.3

2

157

20.4

17.6–23.4

MD

6

  

Risk factors

 Hypertension

385

49.6

46.0–53.2

 Tobacco

238

30.7

27.5–34.1

 Diabetes

183

23.6

20.7–26.8

 Dyslipidemia

175

22.6

19.7–25.7

 Alcohol

159

20.5

17.7–23.5

Chronic diseases

 Cardiac

282

36.3

32.9–39.8

 Pulmonary

235

30.2

27.1–33.6

 Neurological

130

16.7

14.2–19.6

 Renal

109

14.0

11.7–16.7

 Vascular

101

13.0

10.8–15.6

 Hepatic

77

9.9

7.9–12.3

 Intestinal

54

6.9

5.3–9.0

Neurological deficit

 Cognition

94

12.1

9.9–14.6

 Swallowing

46

5.9

4.4–7.9

 Hemiplegia

22

2.8

1.8–4.3

 Tetraplegia

11

1.4

0.7–2.6

Malignancies

221

28.4

25.3–31.8

Rare diseases

44

5.7

4.2–7.6

Reason for ICU admission

 Respiratory failure

259

33.3

30.0–36.8

 Shock and MOF

215

27.7

24.6–31.0

 Post-cardiac arrest coma

150

19.3

16.6–22.3

 Stroke

49

6.3

4.7–8.3

 Head trauma

24

3.1

2.0–4.6

 Other

80

10.3

8.3–12.7

  1. WhWd withhold or withdraw treatment, ICU intensive care unit, MOF multiple organ failure, CI confidence interval, MD missing data