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Table 2 ICU stay descriptive data according to 90-day return home status

From: Critically ill metastatic cancer patients returning home after unplanned ICU stay: an observational, multicentre retrospective study

 

Total (n = 253)

90-Day return home (n = 94)

No 90-day return home (n = 159)

p

Reason for ICU admission

 Acute respiratory failure

149 (58)

49 (52)

100 (63)

0.12

 Septic shock

53 (21)

13(14)

40 (25)

0.048

 Coma

41 (16)

15 (16)

26 (16)

1.00

 Acute renal failure

31 (12)

11 (12)

20 (13)

0.994

 Life-threatening metabolic complication

20 (8)

13 (14)

7 (4)

0.015

 Hypercapnic respiratory failure

18 (7)

7 (7)

11 (7)

1.00

 Severe bleeding

13 (5)

5 (5)

8 (5)

1.00

Main etiological diagnosis

 Infection

117 (46)

41 (44)

76 (50)

0.519

 Pneumonitis

71 (28)

50 (53)

21 (13)

 

 Intra-abdominal

30 (12)

20 (21)

10 (6)

 

 Urinary tract

11 (4)

5 (5)

6 (4)

 

 Specific, related to the underlying cancer

92 (36)

32 (43)

60 (38)

0.65

 Pleural effusion

38 (15)

15 (16)

23 (15)

0.89

 Anti-neoplastic drug side effect

22 (9)

11 (12)

11 (7)

0.28

 Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

14 (6)

4 (4)

10 (6)

0.69

 Aspiration pneumonitis

10 (4)

0 (0)

10 (6)

0.032

 Pulmonary embolism

9 (4)

3 (3)

6 (4)

1.00

 Pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade

6 (2)

3 (3)

3 (2)

0.82

Organ failure supports

 Vasopressors

105 (41.5)

29 (31)

76 (50)

0.008

 Mechanical ventilation

60 (23.7)

15 (16)

45 (29)

0.026

 Renal replacement therapy

7 (3)

0 (0)

7 (5)

0.039

 SAPS II

45 [38–53]

42 [36–47]

48 [41–56]

 < 0.001

 SOFA score on day 1

5 [3–8]

4 [3–6]

6 [4–9]

 < 0.001

 SOFA score > 5 on day 1

106 (42)

25 (27)

81 (51)

 < 0.001

 ∆ SOFA day 1–day 3

3 [0–3]

2 [1–4]

2 [0.5–3]

0.045

 ONCOSCORE

4 [3–6]

4 [3–5]

4 [3–6]

0.001

 Severe neutropenia

17 (7)

9 (10)

8 (5)

0.25

 Thrombocytopenia

67 (26)

25 (27)

42 (26)

1.00

 Time since first symptoms, d

2 [1–6]

2 [1–5]

2 [1–6]

0.66

 ICU LOS, d

3 [3–7]

4 [3–7]

4 [3–7]

0.78

 DFLST before ICU admission

5 (2)

1 (1)

4 (2.5)

0.74

 DFLST during ICU stay

90 (36)

15 (16)

75 (47)

 < 0.001

  1. Quantitative data are reported as median [IQR] and categorical data as n (%)
  2. IQR interquartile range, ICU Intensive Care Unit, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, LOS Length of Stay, DFLST Decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapies