Table 2.
Admission reasons and interventions set in study patients dying in the ICU.
| N | 450 |
| Reasons for ICU admission (n/%) | |
| Coma | 222 (49.4) |
| Shock | 123 (27.4) |
| Respiratory failure | 42 (9.4) |
| Postoperative status | 35 (7.8) |
| Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome | 18 (4) |
| Cardiac arrest | 9 (2) |
| Oxygen administration (n/%) | 151 (33.6) |
| Mechanical ventilation (n/%) | 299 (66.4) |
| Length of mechanical ventilation (days) | 1 (1–3) |
| Vasopressor therapy (n/%) | 195 (43.3) |
| Type of vasopressor administered (n/%) | |
| Epinephrine | 103 (22.9) |
| Dopamine | 70 (15.6) |
| Norepinephrine | 5 (1.1) |
| Other | 16 (3.6) |
| Length of ICU stay (days) | 1 (1–3) |
ICU, intensive care unit.
Data are given as median values with interquartile range, if not otherwise indicated.