Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Variable | Cardiovascular (n = 587) |
Cardiovascular surgery (n = 1464) |
Respiratory (n = 675) |
Neurological (n = 186) |
Trauma (n = 184) |
Other (n = 817) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline questionnaire completed by proxy, n (%) | 67 (12.3) | 69 (5.1) | 46 (11.9) | 63 (34.2) | 55 (30.9) | 80 (10.5) |
| Sex: Female, n (%) | 197 (33.5) | 319 (21.8) | 217 (32.2) | 92 (49.5) | 54 (29.4) | 339 (41.5) |
| Age (yrs), mean (SD) | 62.6 (13.0) | 66.2 (9.3) | 61.3 (11.2) | 57.3 (14.9) | 53.9 (18.3) | 61.6 (13.9) |
|
Comorbidities, n (%) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Diabetes Chronic renal insufficiency Immunological insufficiency Cardiovascular insufficiency Metastasized neoplasm |
44 (7.5) 67 (11.4) 26 (4.4) 60 (10.2) 18 (3.1) 12 (2.0) |
103 (7.0) 214 (14.6) 27 (1.8) 42 (2.9) 58 (4.0) 2 (0.1) |
120 (17.8) 97 (14.4) 22 (3.3) 92 (13.6) 7 (1.0) 7 (1.0) |
8 (4.3) 21 (11.3) 2 (1.1) 19 (10.2) 3 (1.6) 2 (1.1) |
5 (2.7) 14 (7.6) 1 (0.5) 6 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) |
36 (4.4) 76 (9.3) 36 (4.4) 111 (13.6) 12 (1.5) 103 (12.6) |
| Mechanical ventilation within 24 h of ICU admission, n (%) | 313 (53.3) | 1405 (96.0) | 473 (70.0) | 90 (48.4) | 118 (64.1) | 382 (46.8) |
| Vasoactive medication in first 24 h of ICU admission, n (%) | 334 (56.9) | 1165 (79.6) | 354 (52.4) | 72 (38.7) | 72 (39.1) | 394 (48.2) |
| APACHE IV score, mean (SD) | 67.9 (29.8) | 53.2 (15.1) | 61.3 (18.2) | 47.5 (21.8) | 50.6 (20.7) | 49.4 (18.5) |
| ICU length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 2.1 (1.1–4.6) | 1.0 (0.8–1.7) | 7.6 (3.0–16.3) | 1.6 (0.9–3.4) | 1.9 (0.9–4.7) | 1.0 (0.9–2.1) |
| Hospital length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 11.6 (6.0–19.6) | 8.4 (6.4–11.6) | 16.5 (9.0–28.5) | 11.1 (5.7–21.8) | 11.2 (6.0–19.6) | 8.9 (6.1–13.7) |