Table 1. Characteristics of Patients Refused for ICU Admission.

1) Number of patients	94 (56.9%)
2) Location:
a) OR/PACU	9 patients (69.2%)
b) Surgery ward	4 patients (66.6%)
c) ED	60 patients (56.6%)
d) Medicine ward	21 patients (52.5%)
3) Median age: 60 years (range 20 - 97)
a) 20 - 30 years	6 patients (6.4%)
b) 31 - 40 years	8 patients (8.5%)
c) 41 - 50 years	16 patients (17.0%)
d) 51 - 64 years	22 patients (23.4%)
e) > 65 years	42 patients (44.7%)
4) Gender
Males	54 patients (57.4%)
Females	40 patients (42.6%)
5) Active advance directives and/or PCM evaluation or follow up at the time of evaluation	13 patients (13.8%)
6) ICU beds available during the study period when these patients were evaluated	488 (median 5, range 0 - 9)
7) Diagnosis:
a) Respiratory failure	15 patients
b) Electrolyte imbalance	11 patients
c) Acute coronary syndrome/congestive heart failure	10 patients
d) Sepsis	8 patients
e) Drug overdose	7 patients
f) Gastrointestinal hemorrhage	6 patients
g) Hypertensive emergency	6 patients
h) Acute kidney injury	4 patients
i) Seizures	4 patients
j) Other	23 patients
8) Triage:
a) Step-down unit	77 patients (81.9%)
b) Medicine wards	15 patients (16.0%)
c) Telemetry unit	2 patients (2.1%)
9) APACHE-II score:	mean 13.9 (range 0 - 30)
10) Reasons for refusal:
a) Too well	81 patients (86.1%)
b) Too ill	11 patients (11.7%)
c) Too ill, too old	2 patients (2.1%)
11) Mortality	12 patients (12.8%)