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. 2022 Jun 1;25(2):183–196. doi: 10.5770/cgj.25.546

APPENDIX A4.

Medians (interquartile range (IQR)) or frequency (per cent) for outcomes by frailtya,b

Outcome CFS = 12
N=288
CFS = 3
N=387
CFS = 4
N=239
CFS = 5
N=198
CFS = 6
N=251
CFS = 79
N=239
p
Length of stayc 6 (4–10) 8 (4–16) 13 (7–25) 17 (7.75–30) 18 (10–40) 20 (10–36) <.001

ICU admission 72 (25.1%) 125 (32.4%) 78 (32.6%) 27 (13.7%) 27 (10.8%) 14 (5.9%) <.001

Mechanical ventilation 41 (14.3%) 74 (19.2%) 45 (18.8%) 14 (7.1%) 9 (3.6%) 7 (3.0%) <.001

Death 10 (3.5%) 35 (9.0%) 46 (19.2%) 48 (24.2%) 73 (29.1%) 111 (46.4%) <.001

Goals of Care: <.001
 Full resuscitation 267 (95.7%) 300 (82.0) 128 (55.9%) 62 (32.6%) 52 (22.5%) 24 (10.4%)
 Escalation of care with exceptions 29 (4.5%) 28 (12.2%) 27 (14.2%) 30 (13.0%) 15 (6.5%)
 Ward based medical care, but no CPR, ICU, or intubation 5 (1.8%) 34 (9.3%) 57 (24.9%) 73 (38.4%) 73 (31.6%) 92 (39.8%)
 Comfort Care 10 (1.6%) 16 (7.0%) 28 (14.7%) 76 (32.9%) 100 (43.3%)
a

Cells collapsed so no single cell presented with n < 5. Chi-squared based on full data.

b

Percentages are percent of valid data (i.e., missing not included).

c

For length of stay, only those whose admission date was not more than 7 days prior to symptom onset were included (N = 1132).