Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Patients | N = 748 |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 63.7 (15.0) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 413 (55.2) |
| Female | 335 (44.8) |
| Race | |
| White | 598 (80.0) |
| Black | 98 (13.1) |
| Other | 52 (6.9) |
| APACHE II score at enrollment | |
| Mean (SD) | 25.5 (7.4) |
| Full code at enrollment | 636 (85.0) |
| Advanced directive | |
| Yes | 443 (59.2) |
| No | 298 (39.8) |
| No answer | 7 (0.9) |
| Received mechanical ventilation | 678 (90.6) |
| Underwent tracheotomy | 188 (25.1) |
| Underwent PEG tube placement | 110 (14.7) |
| Palliative care consultation | 269 (36.0) |
| Died in hospital | 267 (35.7) |
| Limitation of LST1 before death | N = 267 |
| No | 21 (7.9) |
| Yes | 246 (92.1) |
| 6-month mortality | |
| Alive | 328 (43.9) |
| Dead | 419 (56.1) |
| 6-month location | N = 308 |
| Home | 236 (76.6) |
| Hospital | 6 (2.0) |
| Skilled nursing facility | 45 (14.6) |
| LTACH2 | 12 (3.9) |
| Inpatient rehabilitation facility | 9 (2.9) |
| Katz Independence in ADLs3 | N = 315 |
| 0 | 40 (12.7) |
| 1 | 29 (9.2) |
| 2 | 15 (4.8) |
| 3 | 10 (3.2) |
| 4 | 11 (3.5) |
| 5 | 23 (7.3) |
| 6 | 187 (59.4) |
1LST Life-sustaining treatment
2LTACH Long-term acute care hospital
3ADL score of 6 = highly independent. Scored at 6-month follow-up