| |
Withholding,
|
Withdrawal,
|
p
|
|---|
|
N = 344
|
N = 433
|
|---|
|
Age (years) median (IQR)
|
71 (62–81)
|
69 (60–78)
|
0.03
|
|
Male
|
222 (64.5)
|
282 (65.1)
|
0.9
|
|
SAPS II median (IQR)
|
55 (44–70.5)
|
62 (50–75)
|
<0.01
|
|
Knaus C and D
|
188 (54.7)
|
175 (40.4)
|
<0.01
|
|
McCabe = 0
|
129 (37.5)
|
186 (43.0)
|
0.12
|
|
Charlson score
|
5 (3–6)
|
5 (3–6)
|
0.5
|
|
Chronic diseases:
|
|
Cardiac
|
135 (39.2)
|
147 (33.9)
|
0.13
|
|
Pulmonary
|
128 (37.2)
|
107 (24.7)
|
<0.01
|
|
Neurological
|
63 (18.3)
|
67 (15.5)
|
0.29
|
|
Renal
|
50 (14.5)
|
59 (13.6)
|
0.71
|
|
Vascular
|
43 (12.5)
|
58 (13.4)
|
0.71
|
|
Hepatic
|
30 (8.7)
|
47 (10.9)
|
0.32
|
|
Intestinal
|
26 (7.6)
|
28 (6.5)
|
0.32
|
|
Neurological deficit:
|
|
Cognition
|
51 (14.5)
|
43 (9.9)
|
0.02
|
|
Swallowing
|
24 (7.0)
|
22 (5.1)
|
0.17
|
|
Hemiplegia
|
9 (2.6)
|
13 (3.0)
|
0.46
|
|
Tetraplegia
|
7 (2.0)
|
4 (0.9)
|
0.16
|
|
Malignancies
|
90 (26.2)
|
131 (30.3)
|
0.20
|
|
Rare diseases
|
17 (4.9)
|
27 (6.2)
|
0.27
|
|
Reasons for admission:
|
|
Respiratory failure
|
139 (40.4)
|
120 (27.7)
|
<0.01
|
|
Shock and MOF
|
90 (26.2)
|
125 (28.9)
|
0.4
|
|
Brain injury
|
67 (19.5)
|
156 (36.0)
|
<0.01
|
|
Post-cardiac arrest
|
48 (14.0)
|
102 (23.6)
|
<0.01
|
|
Stroke
|
13 (3.8)
|
36 (8.3)
|
<0.01
|
|
Head trauma
|
6 (1.7)
|
18 (4.2)
|
0.04
|
|
Other
|
48 (14.0)
|
32 (7.4)
|
<0.01
|
|
LOS (days) in the ICU median (IQR)
|
9.5 (4–24)
|
7 (3–17.5)
|
<0.01
|
|
Discharge alive from the ICU
|
172 (50.0)
|
21 (4.8)
|
<0.01
|
|
Delay WhWd to the last day in the ICU median (IQR)
|
3 (1–9)
|
1 (0–3)
|
<0.01
|
- Values are represented as number (%), unless stated otherwise.
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WhWd withhold or withdraw treatment, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, ICU intensive care unit, MOF multiple organ failure, LOS length of stay
