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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2016 Oct;25(2):266–272. doi: 10.1007/s12028-016-0283-5

Table 1.

Basic Demographics of Neuro-ICU Patients.

Neuro-ICU
patients receiving
PC Consultation
(n=25)		 Neuro-ICU patients
not receiving PC
Consultation
(n=580)
Age, mean (SD) 62.1 (18.8) 55.4 (17.3)
Female 13 (52%) 249 (43%)
Ethnicity white Caucasian 21 (84%) 437 (75%)
Primary Diagnosis: Stroke 8 (32%) 199 (34%)
       Traumatic Brain Injury 8 (32%) 176 (30%)
Length of ICU stay in days, median (IQR) 7.8 (4.7–13.6) 2.3 (1.5–4.8)
Discharge disposition
  Died in hospital or discharged to hospice
    - of those, documented comfort measures only
  Skilled Nursing or intermediate Care facility
  Home
14 (56%)
14 (100%
11 (44%)
2 (8%)
64 (11%)
52 (81%)
105 (18%)
298 (51%)
Days from admission to PC consult, median (IQR) 9 (3.5 – 13.5) Not applicable
GCS on day of PC consult, median (IQR) 10 (7 – 11)
Patient able to participate in initial PC consult 3 (12%)*

SD = Standard Deviation; GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; PC = palliative care; IQR = interquartile range; ICU = intensive care unit.

*

Of these 3 patients, one was able to particiapte in the first meeting but not in follow-up meetings, one other participated but was ‘slightly delirious’