Table 5.

Palliative care and predictability of death.

Aetiology (n = ; % of total)	Palliative care started		Predictable death
	Yes	No	Yes	No
Trauma (49; 18.1%)	8	41	43	6
Gastrointestinal (8; 3.0%)	2	6	5	3
Neurological (15; 5.5%)	7	8	11	4
Cardiovascular (151; 55.7%)	10	141	133	18
Pulmonary (21; 7.7%)	8	13	16	5
Infection (8; 3.0%)	3	5	1	7
Cancer (7; 2.6%)	6	1	6	1
Psychiatric (6; 2.2%)	0	6	6	0
Other (6; 2.2%)	1	5	3	3
Total (271; 100%)	45	226	224	47