Table 1.
Variables | N (%) |
---|---|
Sociodemographic: | |
Age (years) | 76 (6.5) |
Average Survival (days) | 1411.7 (1080.4) |
Overall mortality | 1501(55.0) |
Sex: | |
Male | 2687 (98.5) |
Female | 40 (1.5) |
Race: | |
White | 2057 (75.4) |
Black | 535 (19.6) |
Hispanic | 198 (7.3) |
Other | 135 (5.0) |
Marital Status | |
Single | 1343 (49.2) |
Married | 1384 (50.8) |
Alcohol Abuse | 119 (4.4) |
Smoking Cessation | 805 (29.5) |
Drug Abuse | 32 (1.2) |
In-Hospital Treatments within 48 hours of admission: | |
Admitted to ICU | 1501 (55.0) |
Mechanical Ventilation | 661 (24.2) |
Vasopressor Use | 799 (29.3) |
VA Priority Group: | |
1 | 469(17.2) |
2–6 | 2022(74.1) |
7–8 | 232(8.5) |
Comorbid Conditions: | |
Myocardial Infarction | 262 (9.6) |
Congestive Heart Failure | 713 (26.1) |
Peripheral Vascular Disease | 542 (19.9) |
COPD | 795 (29.2) |
Rheumatic Fever | 75 (2.8) |
Cirrhosis | 39 (1.4) |
Dementia | 111 (4.1) |
Diabetes (with complications) | 485 (17.8) |
Hepatitis | 19 (0.7) |
Paraplegia | 85 (3.1) |
Renal Disease | 769 (28.2) |
Cancer | 693 (25.4) |
Metastatic Cancer | 127 (4.7) |
AIDS | 11 (0.4) |
Charlson Comorbidity Score | 3.5 (2.6) |
Number of Medications by type:* | |
Diabetes | 0.4 (0.7) |
Pulmonary | 0.6 (1.3) |
Cardiac | 1.9 (1.7) |
Oral | 0.3 (0.6) |
All factors listed in this table are given as total number and percentage or mean and standard deviation.
Includes medications given 90 days prior to admission.