Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Aetiology (n = ; % of total) | Mean age (years) | Female(male) | Nationality | Help @ home | Advanced directives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss | Foreign | N/A | Professional | Family | None | N/A | Yes | No | N/A | |||
| Trauma (49; 18.1%) | 55.6 | 13 (36) | 37 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Gastrointestinal (8; 3.0%) | 65.8 | 5 (3) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Neurological (15; 5.5%) | 80 | 10 (5) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Cardiovascular (151; 55.7%) | 69.5 | 43 (108) | 131 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 139 | 10 | 4 | 137 |
| Pulmonary (21; 7.7%) | 69.9 | 7 (14) | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Infection (8; 3.0%) | 63.8 | 3 (5) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Cancer (7; 2.6%) | 68.6 | 1 (6) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatric (6; 2.2%) | 52.7 | 3 (3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Other (6; 2.2%) | 47.8 | 3 (3) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total (271; 100%) | 63.7 | 88 (183) | 232 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 237 | 33 | 7 | 231 |