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Table 5 Factors influencing long-term survival

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

Parameter

1 year survivors

1-year non-survivors

p value

Age (years), median (IQR)

92.9 (92–95.4)

91.4 (90.7–93.1)

0.101

Female (%)

75.4

61.2

0.006

Unplanned surgery (%)

30.8

33

0.659

Planned surgery (%)

46.2

26

<0.001

Medical (%)

23.1

41

0.001

Admission diagnosis

 Trauma (%)

33.8

25.6

0.095

 Gastrointestinal (%)

12.3

8.4

0.229

 Tumor (%)

10.0

9.7

0.925

 Pulmonary (%)

3.8

7.5

0.168

 Neurological (%)

3.8

7.9

0.13

 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (%)

3.1

9.3

0.028

 Cardiac (%)

24.6

18.1

0.14

 Sepsis (%)

1.5

9.7

0.003

 Others

6.9

4

0.219

Comorbidity

 Arterial hypertension (%)

70.0

63.9

0.24

 Cardiac diseases (%)

47.7

50.7

0.589

 Chronic heart failure (%)

19.2

22.9

0.416

 Cardiac arrhythmia (%)

27.7

33.9

0.223

 Valvular heart disease (%)

12.3

8.4

0.229

 Chronic renal insufficiency (%)

14.6

25.6

0.016

 Neurodegenerative diseases (%)

21.8

78.2

0.002

 Diabetes (%)

13.1

12.8

0.935

 Respiratory diseases (%)

7.7

14.5

0.056

 Cancer (%)

5.4

8.8

0.239

 Skeletal system disorders (%)

9.2

11

0.595

 Thyroid disorders (%)

16.2

7.5

0.011

 Mental disorders (%)

1.5

7

0.022

Procedures on ICU

 Mechanical ventilation (%)

26.2

47.6

<0.001

 Catecholamines (%)

29.2

45.8

0.002

 Blood transfusion (%)

14.6

24.2

0.031

 Renal replacement therapy (%)

0.8

2.6

0.219

 SAPS 2, median (IQR)

33 (28–44)

42 (33–53)

<0.001

pH, median (IQR)

7.35 (7.29–7.45)

7.34 (7.25–7.45)

<0.001

Bilirubin, median (IQR)

0.7 (0.5–1.1)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

0.406

Hemoglobin, median (IQR)

9.8 (8.6–10.8)

9.6 (8.2–10.7)

0.016

Leukocytes, median (IQR)

11.9 (8.4–15.7)

11.3 (8.4–15.5)

0.048

Creatinine, median (IQR)

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

<0.001