Table 3.
Differences in the provision of treatment modalities and discontinuation before patient’s death
|
|
Total N of patients in the group | CPR measures |
Intubation |
Mechanical ventilation |
Inotropes and vasoactive therapy |
Antimicrobial therapy |
Analgesia |
Sedation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| received n (%) | received n (%) | discont-inued before death n (%) | received n (%) | discont-inued before death n (%) | received n (%) | discont-inued before death n (%) | received n (%) | discont-inued before death n (%) | received n (%) | discont-inued before death n (%) | received n (%) | Discont-inued before death N (%) | |||
| Age (years) |
≤45 |
68 |
23 (33.8) |
67 (98.5) |
2 (3.0) |
68 (100) |
2 (2.9) |
59 (86.8) |
11 (18.6) |
62 (91.2) |
5 (8.1) |
51 (75.0) |
19 (37.3) |
54 (79.4) |
32 (59.3) |
| 46-70 |
434 |
151 (34.8) |
378 (87.1) |
16 (4.2) |
370 (85.3) |
26 (7.0) |
361 (83.2) |
52 (14.4) |
374 (86.2) |
19 (5.1) |
313 (72.1) |
114 (36.4) |
266 (61.3) |
170 (63.9) |
|
| ≥71 |
593 |
177 (29.8) |
399 (67.3) |
24 (6.0) |
392 (66.1) |
40 (10.2) |
394 (66.4) |
68 (17.3) |
487 (82.1) |
30 (6.2) |
338 (57.0) |
125 (37.0) |
273 (46.0) |
170 (62.3) |
|
| Sex |
male |
602 |
193 (32.1) |
489 (81.2) |
16 (3.3) |
483 (80.2) |
29 (6.0) |
470 (78.1) |
74 (15.7) |
520 (86.4) |
32 (6.2) |
408 (67.8) |
154 (37.7) |
369 (61.3) |
227 (61.5) |
| female |
493 |
158 (32.0) |
355 (72.0) |
26 (7.3) |
347 (70.4) |
39 (11.2) |
344 (69.8) |
57 (16.6) |
403 (81.7) |
22 (5.5) |
294 (59.6) |
104 (35.4) |
224 (45.4 |
145 (64.7) |
|
| Length of stay in the ICU (days) |
≤7 |
758 |
269 (35.5) |
554 (73.1) |
11 (2.0) |
542 (71.5) |
16 (3.0) |
539 (71.1) |
39 (7.2) |
597 (78.8) |
17 (2.8) |
412 (54.4) |
119 (28.9) |
329 (43.4) |
161 (48.9) |
| 8-14 |
192 |
48 (25.0) |
158 (82.3) |
17 (10.8) |
156 (81.2) |
24 (15.4) |
148 (77.1) |
41 (27.7) |
185 (96.4) |
12 (6.5) |
162 (84.4) |
76 (46.9) |
137 (71.4) |
108 (78.8) |
|
| 15-29 |
105 |
24 (22.9) |
96 (91.4) |
11 (11.5) |
95 (90.5) |
20 (21.1) |
93 (88.6) |
38 (40.9) |
101 (96.2) |
16 (15.8) |
91 (86.7) |
45 (49.5) |
91 (86.7) |
73 (80.2) |
|
| ≥30 |
38 |
9 (23.7) |
35 (92.1) |
3 (8.6) |
36 (94.7) |
7 (19.4) |
32 (84.2) |
12 (37.5) |
38 (100.0) |
9 (23.7) |
36 (94.7) |
18 (50.0) |
35 (92.1) |
29 (82.9) |
|
| ICU type |
surgical |
322 |
75 (23.3) |
313 (97.2) |
13 (4.2) |
312 (96.9) |
23 (7.4) |
309 (96.0) |
44 (14.2) |
292 (90.7) |
22 (7.5) |
277 (86.0) |
81 (29.2) |
239 (71.4) |
151 (65.7) |
| medical |
306 |
154 (50.3) |
223 (72.9) |
17 (7.6) |
216 (70.6) |
21 (9.7) |
235 (76.8) |
38 (16.2) |
273 (89.2) |
15 (5.5) |
129 (42.2) |
53 (41.1) |
129 (42.2) |
73 (56.6) |
|
| neurological |
322 |
68 (21.2) |
168 (52.2) |
11 (6.5) |
162 (50.3) |
15 (9.3) |
136 (42.4) |
32 (23.5) |
221 (68.6) |
15 (6.8) |
175 (54.3) |
77 (44.0) |
122 (37.9) |
81 (66.4) |
|
| multi-disciplinary |
145 |
54 (37.2) |
140 (96.6) |
1 (0.7) |
140 (96.6) |
9 (6.4) |
134 (92.4) |
17 (12.7) |
137 (94.5) |
2 (1.5) |
121 (83.4) |
47 (38.8) |
112 (77.2) |
67 (59.8) |
|
| Main diagno-sis | sepsis |
499 |
188 (37.7) |
428 (85.8) |
23 (5.4) |
424 (85.0) |
37 (8.7) |
449 (90.0) |
62 (13.8) |
488 (97.8) |
20 (4.1) |
362 (72.5) |
112 (30.9) |
307 (61.5) |
183 (59.6) |
| stroke and intracranial hemorrhage |
435 |
91 (20.9) |
287 (66.0) |
13 (4.5) |
279 (64.1) |
21 (7.5) |
249 (57.2) |
54 (21.7) |
321 (73.8) |
22 (6.9) |
252 (57.9) |
128 (50.8) |
210 (48.3) |
154 (73.3) |
|
| coma |
248 |
65 (26.2) |
198 (79.8) |
10 (5.1) |
193 (77.8) |
12 (6.2) |
171 (69.0) |
39 (22.8) |
191 (77.0) |
14 (7.3) |
146 (58.9) |
79 (54.1) |
124 (50.0) |
99 (79.8) |
|
| multiple-organ failure |
155 |
61 (39.4) |
136 (87.7) |
3 (2.2) |
134 (86.5) |
10 (7.5) |
147 (94.8) |
19 (12.9) |
152 (98.0) |
5 (3.3) |
113 (72.9) |
30 (26.5) |
85 (54.8) |
45 (52.9) |
|
| malignancy | 114 | 29 (25.4) | 77 (67.5) | 3 (3.9) | 76 (66.7) | 7 (9.2) | 73 (64.0) | 12 (16.4) | 95 (83.3) | 11(11.6) | 84 (73.7) | 19 (22.6) | 61 (53.5) | 35 (57.4) | |
*Abbreviations: ICU – intensive care unit; CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation.