Table 1.
Patient characteristics | Full Code(n=344) | DNR* (n=442) | WOLS* (n=286) | Test of Difference (p) | |||
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Continuous Variables | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | ANOVA |
Age (years) | 66.0 | 56, 75 | 72.0 | 63,79 | 66.5 | 57,75 | <.0001 |
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Length of Stay (days) | 1.0 | 0,3 | 3.0 | 1,10 | 5.0 | 2,10 | <.0001 |
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Categorical | n | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) | χ2 |
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Gender | |||||||
Men (% of men) | 190 | 33.6 | 232 | 41.1 | 143 | 25.3 | .421 |
Women (% of women) | 154 | 30.4 | 210 | 41.4 | 143 | 28.2 | |
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Race (% of race) | |||||||
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Asian | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ** |
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Black | 112 | 41.8 | 100 | 37.3 | 56 | 20.1 | <.0001 |
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Hispanic | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | ** |
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Native American | 10 | 34.5 | 12 | 41.4 | 7 | 24.1 | ** |
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Other | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ** |
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Unknown | 20 | 50.0 | 10 | 25.0 | 10 | 25.0 | ** |
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White | 194 | 26.7 | 319 | 44.0 | 213 | 29.3 | <.0001 |
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Ventilator in place % of ventilated patients) | 274 | 49.4 | 219 | 39.5 | 62 | 11.2 | <.0001 |
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CCU Diagnosis (% of each diagnostic group) | .004 | ||||||
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Anoxia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Arrhythmia | 16 | 45.7 | 18 | 51.4 | 1 | 2.9 | |
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Cardiogenic Shock | 8 | 36.4 | 8 | 36.4 | 6 | 27.3 | |
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Cardiomyopathy | 4 | 10.8 | 14 | 37.8 | 19 | 51.4 | |
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Heart Failure | 12 | 24.5 | 27 | 55.1 | 10 | 20.4 | |
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Post Cardiac Arrest | 85 | 34.0 | 78 | 31.2 | 87 | 34.8 | |
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Respiratory Failure | 16 | 23.9 | 29 | 43.3 | 22 | 34.3 | |
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Post Respiratory Arrest | 6 | 20.7 | 13 | 44.9 | 10 | 34.5 | |
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Pneumonia | 1 | 7.7 | 6 | 46.2 | 6 | 46.2 | |
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Sepsis | 19 | 28.8 | 31 | 47.0 | 16 | 24.2 | |
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Unstable Angina | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 25.0 | |
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Valvular Disease | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 42.9 | |
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Multisystem Organ Failure | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | |
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Pump Failure | 7 | 22.6 | 14 | 45.2 | 10 | 32.2 | |
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Other | 4 | 21.1 | 8 | 42.1 | 7 | 36.8 | |
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Heart Transplant Rejection | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
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Myocardial Infarction | 157 | 35.7 | 189 | 43.0 | 94 | 21.4 | |
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b. Demographic Characteristics by Race
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Patient characteristics | Black (n=268) | White (n=726) | Other (n=78) | Tests of Difference (p) | |||
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Continuous Variables | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | Median | (IQR) | ANOVA |
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Age (years) | 64 | 50,74 | 70 | 62,78 | 66 | 58,76 | <.0001 |
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Length of Stay (days) | 2 | 1,7 | 3 | 1,7 | 2 | 1,7 | .917 |
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Categorical | n | (%) | N | (%) | n | (%) | χ2 |
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Gender | .008 | ||||||
Men (% of race) | 121 | 45.1 | 406 | 55.9 | 38 | 48.7 | |
Women (% of race) | 147 | 54.8 | 329 | 45.3 | 40 | 51.2 | |
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Level of Care | |||||||
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Full code (% of race) | 112 | 41.7 | 194 | 26.7 | 38 | 48.7 | <0.0001 |
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DNR (% of race) | 96 | 35.8 | 317 | 43.6 | 22 | 28.2 | .006 |
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Withdrawal of life support (% of race) | 54 | 20.1 | 210 | 28.9 | 17 | 21.7 | .013 |
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Ventilator in place (% of race) | 154 | 57.4 | 355 | 48.8 | 46 | 58.9 | .024 |
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CCU Diagnosis (% of race) | .162 | ||||||
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Anoxia | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Arrhythmia | 6 | 2.2 | 27 | 3.7 | 2 | 2.5 | ** |
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Cardiogenic Shock | 3 | 1.1 | 19 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Cardiomyopathy | 6 | 2.2 | 18 | 2.4 | 3 | 3.8 | ** |
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Heart Failure | 13 | 4.8 | 31 | 4.2 | 5 | 6.4 | ** |
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Post Cardiac Arrest | 80 | 28.9 | 157 | 21.6 | 13 | 16.6 | ** |
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Respiratory Failure | 14 | 5.2 | 48 | 6.6 | 5 | 6.4 | ** |
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Post Respiratory Arrest | 8 | 2.9 | 19 | 2.6 | 2 | 2.5 | ** |
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Pneumonia | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.2 | ** |
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Sepsis | 17 | 6.3 | 45 | 6.1 | 4 | 5.1 | ** |
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Unstable Angina | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.2 | ** |
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Valvular Disease | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Multisystem Organ Failure | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Pump Failure | 6 | 2.2 | 25 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Other | 6 | 2.2 | 12 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.2 | ** |
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Heart Transplant Rejection | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ** |
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Myocardial Infarction | 101 | 37.6 | 298 | 41.0 | 41 | 52.5 | .005 |
DNR = do not resuscitate; WOLS = withdrawal of life support
Cell counts with possible expected count of < 5 were not run.
Cells with expected counts of less than 5 were not run