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Table 3.

Characteristics by ICU Stay Status (Mean or Percentage)

Characteristic	ICU stay (n=29)	No ICU stay (n=32)	p value
Age at diagnosis (years)	27.90	30.94	0.444
Age at death (years)	28.86	32.31	0.493
Survival (months)	11.45	18.57	0.309
LOS (days)	19.10	11.47	0.038^a
New diagnosis at admission	37.93% (11/29)	6.25% (2/32)	0.003^a
Advanced directives at admission	0 (0/29)	15.63% (5/32)	0.026^a
DNR at admission	0 (0/29)	25% (8/32)	0.004^a
Active primary therapy	43.75% (14/29)	46.88% (15/32)	0.913
Goals of care discussion at admission	17.24% (5/29)	46.88% (15/32)	0.014^a
CPR used	31.03% (9/29)	6.25% (2/32)	0.012^a
Palliative care consult received	31.03% (9/29)	65.63% (21/32)	0.007^a
Timing of palliative care consult before death (days)	4.20	16.86	0.038^a
DNR status prior to death	82.76% (24/29)	93.75% (30/32)	0.179
Timing of DNR prior to death (days)	2.33	6.13	0.086
Hospital cost	$132,763.82	$42,959.35	0.023^a

^{^a}

Denotes significance at 0.05 level.

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; DNR, do-not-resuscitate; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.