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. 2021 Feb 17;11:35. doi: 10.1186/s13613-021-00804-w

Table 2.

ICU characteristics of the 501 patients included in the SENIOREA study

Number of patients with data available Patients included (n = 501)
Location of the patient before ICU admission 501
 Acute facility care 290 (58%)
 Home 172 (34%)
 Chronic facility care 11 (2%)
 Supervised residence setting 8 (3%)
 Other 20 (4%)
Primary ICU diagnosis 498
 Septic shock 78 (15.7%)
 Non-septic shock 22 (4.4%)
 Resuscitated cardiac arrest 52 (10.4%)
 Acute on chronic respiratory failure 64 (12.9%)
 Acute respiratory failure 149 (29.9%)
 Acute kidney injury and metabolic disorders 11 (2.2%)
 Neurological disorder 51 (10.2%)
 Post-surgery 26 (5.2%)
 Drug overdose 5 (1%)
 Trauma 7 (1.4%)
 Other 33 (6.6%)
Admission SOFA, m ± sd 501 7.0 ± 3.7
Admission SAPSII, m ± sd 501 54 ± 17
Type of mechanical ventilation, n (%) 489
 Invasive only 290 (59.3%)
 Non-invasive only 98 (20.0%)
 Combined 101 (20.7%)
Total length of mechanical ventilation (days), m ± sd 463 7.5 ± 10.0
 Med (IQR) 4 (2–10)
Renal replacement therapy requirement 498 70 (14.1%)
Total length of renal replacement therapy, m ± sd 70 7.6 ± 9.3
 Med (IQR) 4 (1–11)
Vasopressor requirement 497 252 (50.7%)
Total length of vasopressor infusion (days), m ± sd 251 4.4 ± 6.2
 Med (IQR) 2 (1–5)
ICU length of stay (days), m ± sd 499 10.5 ± 13.8
 Med (IQR) 2 (1–5)
Hospital length of stay (days), m ± sd 499 20.2 ± 23.3
 Med (IQR) 14 (7–26)
ICU mortality 499 108 (21.6%)
Hospital mortality 499 130 (26.0%)
Limitation of life sustaining therapies, n (%) 447 135 (30.2%)

Data are n (%), mean (m) ± standard deviation (sd) or median (med) with interquartile range (IQR). ICU, intensive care unit, SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment