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 |