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Table 2 Intensive care treatment during ICU stay and outcome

From: The Clinical Frailty Scale for mortality prediction of old acutely admitted intensive care patients: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data

Intensive care treatment during ICU stay

All patients

 < 65 years

 ≥ 65 years

P-value

Mechanical ventilation

 

14,535 (60.7)

6259 (65)

8276 (57.8)

 < 0.0001

Duration of mechanical ventilation

[days]

0.93 [0–3.7]

0.7 [0–3]

1.3 [0–4.5]

 < 0.0001

Vasoactive drugs

 

12,329 (53.3)

4200 (45.6)

8129 (58.4)

 < 0.0001

Duration of vasoactive drugs

[days]

0.25 [0–2]

0 [0–1.2]

0.8 [0–2.8]

 < 0.0001

Limitation of life sustaining therapy

Any limitation

2774 (32.2)

38 (9.2)

2736 (33.3)

 < 0.0001

 

No limitation

5846 (67.8)

376 (90.8)

5469 (66.7)

 

Length of stay ICU

[days]

3.62 [1.7–7.5]

3.5 [1.7–7]

3.7 [1.7–7.9]

0.0032

Death on ICU

 

4575 (19.1)

1144 (11.9)

3431 (24)

 < 0.0001

Discharged from ICU

 

19,368 (80.9)

8489 (88.1)

10,878 (76)

 < 0.0001

  1. Continuous variables: median [IQR]; categorial variables: Number (percentage)