Table 2.
Clinical characteristics at proposal for ICU admission of the patients directly admitted to ICU with high (LBA) and low refusal rate (HBA)
| Centers with HBA N = 659 |
Centers with LBA N = 480 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) (years) | 57 ± 19 | 60 ± 17 | 0.006 |
| Age <40 | 148 (22.5) | 67 (14.0) | 0.001 |
| 40≤ age ≤75 | 509 (77.2) | 302 (62.9) | |
| Age >75 | 123 (18.7) | 111 (23.1) | |
| Sex (male/female) % | 383/276 | 286/194 | 0.62 |
| Characteristics on proposal, n (%) | |||
| Shock | 178 (27.3) | 103 (21.7) | 0.03 |
| Catecholamine infusion | 97 (15.0) | 52 (11.0) | 0.05 |
| Glasgow score | 11 ± 4 | 12 ± 4 | 0.09 |
| Platelets count < 50,000/dl | 11 (1.75) | 13 (2.8) | 0.24 |
| Prothrombine time < 30 % | 21 (3.4) | 17 (3.7) | 0.78 |
| Creatinine level > 250 µmol/l | 76 (12.1) | 50 (10.9) | 0.53 |
| Jaundice | 18 (2.8) | 18 (3.8) | 0.37 |
| Mechanical ventilation (all setting) | 289 (45) | 189 (40) | 0.10 |
| NIV | 37 (6) | 32 (7) | 0.55 |
| Oxygen administration >10L/min | 134 (4) | 80 (17) | 0.08 |
| Preexisting diseases | |||
| COPD | 47 (7) | 21 (4) | 0.05 |
| Cardiac insufficiency | 34 (5) | 22 (5) | 0.65 |
| Evolutive malignancy | 84 (13) | 65 (14) | 0.69 |
| Cirrhosis | 27 (4) | 30 (6) | 0.10 |
| Renal failure with ERT | 16 (3) | 12 (3) | 0.94 |
| Mac Cabe score | 0.30 | ||
| 0 | 340 (53) | 236 (50) | |
| 1 | 199 (31) | 166 (36) | |
| 2 | 99 (16) | 65 (14) | |
| SAPS2 | |||
| Mean ± standard deviation | 41 ± 21 | 41 ± 20 | 0.77 |
| Median (25th; 75th) | 37 (25–53) | 38 (27–52) | |
| Distribution of SAPS2 values, n (%) | 0.004 | ||
| SAPS2 ≤15 | 64 (9.7) | 28 (5.8) | |
| 16≤ SAPS2 ≤59 | 468 (71.0) | 381 (79.4) | |
| SAPS2 >59 | 127 (19.2) | 71 (14.8) | |
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NIV non invasive ventilation, ERT extra renal therapy