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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Jun 29;127(20):3817–3824. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33764

Table 2.

Prevalence of Indicators of High-Intensity End-of-Life Care.

Indicator Overall
N (%)		 Age
0-18 years
N (%)		 19-39 years
N (%)		 p-value
Within 30 days:
 CPR 268 (18.4) 42 (18.0) 226 (18.5) 0.86
 > 1 ER visit 247 (17.0) 52 (22.3) 195 (16.0) <0.01
 Hemodialysis 182 (12.5) 25 (10.7) 157 (12.9) 0.37
 Intubation/mechanical ventilation 586 (40.3) 95 (40.8) 491 (40.2) 0.59
 Tracheostomy 47 (3.2) 6 (2.6) 41 (3.4) 0.54
 Intravenous chemotherapy 490 (33.7) 87 (37.3) 403 (33.0) 0.19
Death in ICU 257 (17.7) 54 (23.2) 203 (16.6) <0.01

Abbreviations: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency room (ER), intensive care unit (ICU)