Table 1.
Description of Cases and Demographics
| Patient ID |
Patient Demographics Age Race Gender Diagnosis |
Family Member Demographics Relationship Race Gender |
Decision to limit or withdraw |
Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 72 y/o CM Aspiration pneumonia | Wife CF | No | Discharged from ICU and later to home |
| P2 | 49 y/o AAF Altered Mental Status of unknown etiology |
Sister-in-law AAF Brother AAM |
No | Died in hospital after prolonged stay of several months |
| P3 | 55 y/o CM COPD and ARDS | Wife CF 2 Sons CM Daughter CF |
No | Died in ICU after 5 days; CPR |
| P4 | 58 y/o CF relapsed AML | Husband CM | W | Died in ICU after prolonged ICU stay |
| P5 | 65 y/o CM hepatic failure, MOSF | Wife CF Sister CF |
L/ DNR | Died in ICU |
| P6 | 76 y/o CM pneumonia, CKD | Friend/HCPOA CM Friend CF 2 sons CM |
L/OWE | Discharged from ICU; died several days later in skilled nursing facility |
| P7 | 71 y/o AA F s/p cardiac arrest | Daughter AAF | No | Discharged from ICU |
| P8 | 70 y/o CM s/p cardiac arrest | Daughter CF Partner CF |
W | Died in ICU |
| P9 | 50 y/o AAM with relapsed ALL | Sister AAF | L/avoid intubation/ DNAR |
Discharged from ICU; Died in hospital |
| P10 | 23 y/o CM MVA | Mother CF | No | Discharged from ICU |
| P11 | 65 y/o CM with Hepatitis C hepatorenal Failure, MOSF |
Wife CF | L/OWE | Died in ICU |
| P12 | 65 y/o AAM Stage IV lung cancer | Wife AAF Daughter AAF |
L/DNAR | Died in ICU |
| P13 | 72 y/o CM Neurological disorder, aspiration pneumonia |
Wife CF 3 Daughters CF |
L/OWE | Discharged from ICU |
| P14 | 70 y/o CF Ischemic Bowel | Son CM Daughter-in-law CF Granddaughter CF |
W | Died in ICU |
| P15 | 59 y/o AAF Pulmonary Hypertension |
Daughter AAF | L/DNAR | Died in ICU |
| P16 | 33 y/o CM with ARDS | Mother CF | No | Discharged from ICU |
| P17 | 46 y/o CM with ALL | Wife CF | No | Discharged from ICU |
Note. W = Withdrawal of life support L=Limitation of treatment DNAR=Do not attempt resuscitation OWE=One way extubation C=Caucasian A=African AA=African American F=Female M=Male HCPOA=Health care power of attorney COPD=Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ARDS=Adult Respiratory Distress syndrome AML=Acute Myelocytic Leukemia MOSF=Multisystem organ failure ALL=Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia CKD=Chronic kidney disease MVC=Motor vehicle accident