Table 3. Outcomes Linked from 30-Day Victorian Death Index and Hospitals.
| Outcome | Patients by shock etiology, No. (%) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N = 12 695) | Cardiogenic shock (N = 3615) | Septic shock (N = 3998) | Hypovolemic shock (N = 1457) | Other causes (N = 3625) | ||
| 30-d Mortality | 4158 (32.8) | 1563 (43.2) | 1520 (38.0) | 416 (28.6) | 659 (18.2) | <.001 |
| Emergency department discharge destination | ||||||
| Died in department | 818 (7.2) | 414 (12.9) | 169 (4.7) | 60 (4.6) | 175 (5.2) | <.001 |
| Home | 963 (8.4) | 157 (4.9) | 132 (3.7) | 68 (5.2) | 606 (18.1) | |
| ICU | 2206 (19.3) | 693 (21.5) | 746 (21.0) | 229 (17.5) | 538 (16.0) | |
| Coronary care | 417 (3.6) | 254 (7.9) | 66 (1.9) | 14 (1.1) | 83 (2.5) | |
| Other ward | 5612 (49.1) | 965 (30.0) | 2278 (64.0) | 749 (57.3) | 1620 (48.3) | |
| Cardiac catheterization laboratory | 544 (4.8) | 517 (16.1) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 22 (0.7) | |
| Operating theater | 199 (1.7) | 43 (1.3) | 19 (0.5) | 119 (9.1) | 18 (0.5) | |
| Self-discharge | 77 (0.7) | 6 (0.2) | 7 (0.2) | 9 (0.7) | 55 (1.6) | |
| Transfer to other hospital | 515 (4.5) | 168 (5.2) | 138 (3.9) | 58 (4.4) | 151 (4.5) | |
| Length of stay, median (IQR), d | 2 (1-10) | 3 (1-7) | 4 (1-8) | 2 (1-5) | 2 (1-10) | <.001 |
| Time in ICU, median (IQR), h | 59 (25-114) | 63 (24-121) | 63 (31-116) | 60 (28-120) | 47 (23-85) | <.001 |
| Inpatient mechanical ventilation | 2152 (17.0) | 1210 (33.5) | 335 (8.4) | 177 (12.1) | 430 (11.9) | <.001 |
| Inpatient dialysis | 526 (4.1) | 200 (5.5) | 148 (3.7) | 86 (5.9) | 92 (2.5) | <.001 |
| Inpatient coronary angiography | 1048 (8.3) | 979 (27.1) | 21 (0.5) | 8 (0.5) | 40 (1.1) | <.001 |
| Inpatient PCI | 504 (4.0) | 493 (13.6) | 5 (0.1) | 0 | 6 (0.2) | <.001 |
| Inpatient CABG | 23 (0.2) | 21 (0.6) | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | <.001 |
| ECMO support | 22 (0.2) | 17 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | <.001 |
| IABP | 73 (0.6) | 69 (1.9) | 1 (0.0) | 0 | 3 (0.1) | <.001 |
Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; ICU, intensive care unit; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.