Table 2.

Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristic	Patients (n = 21)
Sex, F, n (%)	9 (43)
Age, mean (SD), yr	63 (19)
Race, n (%)
White	15 (71)
Black	1 (5)
Native American	1 (5)
Declined to answer	4 (19)
Admission diagnosis, n (%)
Neurologic injury	14 (67)
Cardiac arrest	3 (14)
Lung transplant	1 (5)
COVID-19	1 (5)
Drug overdose	1 (5)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	1 (5)
Clinical condition on day of interview, n (%)
Mechanically ventilated	15 (71)
Multisystem organ failure	15 (71)
Vasopressor dependent	5 (24)
Comatose	5 (24)
Survived to hospital discharge, n (%)	12 (57)
ICU length of stay, mean (SD), d	9 (6)
Day of ICU stay at time of family interview, mean (SD)	3 (3)

Definition of abbreviations: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease; ICU = intensive care unit; SD = standard deviation.