Table 2:
Patient clinical course characteristics
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients* n = 101 |
|---|---|
| Advanced life supports at any time in ICU | |
| Mechanical ventilation | 67 (66.3) |
| Inotropes | 65 (64.4) |
| Dialysis | 4 (4.0) |
| Advanced life supports withdrawn just before death | |
| Mechanical ventilation | 60 (59.4) |
| Inotropes | 41 (40.6) |
| Dialysis | 0 (0.0) |
| Consults | |
| Spiritual care | 38 (37.6) |
| Palliative care | 16 (15.8) |
| Social work | 53 (52.5) |
| Psychology | 1 (1.0) |
| Organ donation coordinator | 24 (23.8) |
| Consent for donation† | |
| Yes, donation after cardiac death | 3 (12.5) |
| Yes, donation after neurologic death | 2 (8.3) |
| No donation made | 7 (29.2) |
| Patient ineligible for organ donation | 12 (50.0) |
| Patient death in hospital | |
| Yes | 98 (97.0) |
| No | 2 (2.0) |
| Still in palliative unit | 1 (1.0) |
| Enrolment in 3WP initiated by | |
| Principal investigator | 8 (7.9) |
| 3WP team | 5 (5.0) |
| Bedside nurse | 76 (75.2) |
| Spiritual care | 1 (1.0) |
| ICU attending physician | 4 (4.0) |
| Other | 7 (6.9) |
| Days from hospital admission to ICU admission, median (IQR) | 0 (0–3) |
| Days from ICU admission to death, median (IQR)‡ | 6 (3–10) |
| Days from hospital admission to death, median (IQR) | 9 (4–16) |
| Days from ICU admission to enrolment in 3WP, median (IQR) | 5 (2–9) |
| Days from enrolment in 3WP to death, median (IQR)‡ | 1 (0–1) |
Note: 3WP = 3 Wishes Project, ICU = intensive care unit, IQR = interquartile range.
*
Unless indicated otherwise.
†
Of 24 patients with a consult from organ donation coordinator.
‡
For patients who did not die in hospital, the date of intensive care unit discharge was used to calculate days from hospital admission to death, days from intensive care unit admission to death, and days from enrolment in 3 Wishes to death.