Table 1. Overview of patients.
| Patients: n (%) | 50 (100) |
| Age: median (IQR) | 71.5 (62.5 to 82) |
| Male: n (%) | 36 (72) |
| SAPS II score: median (IQR) | 42 (33 to 54.25) |
| Length of stay, days: median (IQR) | 18 (10 to 26) |
| Days from ICU admission to actual availability of an advance directive recorded in patient records: median (IQR) | 3 (1 to 6) |
| Grounds for admission: n (%) | |
| Medical elective | 5 (10) |
| Medical emergency | 29 (58) |
| Surgical elective | 9 (18) |
| Surgical emergency | 7 (14) |
| ICU treatment at time of survey: n (%) | |
| Analgesics | 47 (94) |
| Nutrition, parenteral or via tube | 42 (84) |
| Antibiotics | 40 (80) |
| Vasopressors | 29 (58) |
| Intubation and ventilation | 29 (58) |
| Ventilation via tracheostomy | 4 (8) |
| Sedation | 23 (46) |
| Renal replacement therapy | 13 (26) |
| Blood products | 10 (20) |
| Extracorporeal circulation | 5 (10) |
| Pacemaker | 3 (6) |
| Treatment restrictions during ICU treatment: n (%) | |
| None | 23 (46) |
| DNR/DNI | 14 (28) |
| Withhold | 2 (4) |
| Withdraw | 11 (22) |
| Following discharge: n (%) | |
| Died in ICU | 23 (46) |
| Rehabilitation facility | 10 (20) |
| Normal ward | 16 (32) |
| Care home | 1 (2) |
IQR: interquartile range; ICU: intensive care unit; SAPS: Simplified Acute Psychology Score; DNR/DNI: do not resuscitate/do not intubate