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Table 1 Patient characteristics

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

Characteristics

All patients

ICU survivors

ICU-non-survivors

p value

Number

372

304

68

 

Age (years), MD (IQR)

92.2 (91–94.3)

92.2 (90.9–94.4)

92.3 (91–93.3)

0.858

Female, n (%)

248 (66.7)

211 (69.4)

37 (54.4)

0.018

Unplanned surgery, n (%)

121 (32.5)

101 (33.2)

20 (29.4)

0.544

Planned surgery, n (%)

124 (33.3)

117 (38.5)

7 (10.3)

<0.001

Medical, n (%)

127 (34.1)

86 (28.3)

41 (60.3)

<0.001

SAPS II, MD (IQR)

36 (29–48)

34 (28–43)

55 (44.8–65.8)

<0.001

Admission source, n (%)

 Normal ward

227 (61.0)

195 (64.1)

32 (47.1)

0.009

 Emergency room

127 (34.1)

97 (31.9)

30 (44.1)

0.055

 Other hospital

18 (4.8)

12 (3.9)

6 (8.8)

0.09

Admission diagnosis, n (%)

 Trauma

107 (28.8)

100 (32.9)

7 (10.3)

<0.001

 Cardiac surgery

43 (11.6)

39 (12.8)

4 (5.9)

0.105

 Abdominal surgery

39 (10.5)

31 (10.2)

8 (11.8)

0.703

 CPR

26 (7.0)

13 (4.3)

13 (19.1)

<0.001

 Sepsis

30 (8.1)

19 (6.3)

11 (16.2)

0.007

 Pneumonia

11 (3.0)

7 (2.3)

4 (5.9)

0.115

 Myocardial infarction

18 (4.8)

13 (4.3)

5 (7.4)

0.285

 Arrhythmia and heart failure

19 (5.1)

15 (4.9)

4 (5.9)

0.748

 Neurologic

22 (5.9)

15 (4.9)

7 (10.3)

0.09

 Cerebral hemorrhage

6 (1.6)

2 (0.7)

4 (5.9)

0.012

 Pulmonary embolism

5 (1.3)

5 (1.6)

0

0.589

 Surgical, miscellaneousa

41 (11.0)

38 (12.5)

3 (4.4)

0.054

 Others (medical)b

21 (5.6)

16 (5.3)

5 (7.4)

0.582

Comorbidity, n (%)

 Arterial hypertension

246 (66.1)

204 (67.1)

42 (61.8)

0.4

 Cardiac diseasesc

185 (49.7)

150 (49.3)

35 (51.5)

0.751

 Chronic heart failure

82 (22.0)

65 (21.4)

17 (25.0)

0.515

 Cardiac arrhythmia

116 (31.2)

95 (31.3)

21 (30.9)

0.953

 Valvular heart diseases

38 (10.2)

31 (10.2)

7 (10.3)

0.981

 Coronary heart disease

95 (25.5)

75 (24.7)

20 (29.4)

0.418

 Chronic renal insufficiency

83 (22.3)

64 (21.1)

19 (27.9)

0.217

 Neurodegenerative disease

79 (21.2)

68 (22.4)

11 (16.2)

0.259

 Diabetes

47 (12.6)

40 (13.2)

7 (10.3)

0.521

 Respiratory diseases

45 (12.1)

32 (10.5)

13 (19.1)

0.079

 Cancer

28 (7.5)

23 (7.6)

5 (7.4)

0.952

 Skeletal system disorders

39 (10.5)

31 (10.2)

8 (11.8)

0.703

 Thyroid disorders

39 (10.5)

35 (11.5)

4 (5.9)

0.171

 Mental disorders

18 (4.8)

15 (4.9)

3 (4.4)

0.856

  1. ICU intensive care unit, MD median, IQR interquartile range, CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  2. asurgical interventions on the spine, blood vessels, skin, and the head and neck region
  3. bRenal failure, side-effects of medication, electrolyte imbalance, vascular diseases and diseases of the head and neck region, conservatively treated gastrointestinal bleeding
  4. cCases of >1 heart diseases were regarded as n = 1