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Table 3 Patient Characteristics and Admission Diagnoses

From: Documentation of best interest by intensivists: a retrospective study in an Ontario critical care unit

Characteristic

Mean (IQR)

Age

72 years (58-81)

APACHE II scores

28 (23-36)

ICU length of stay

2 days (1-5)

Diagnosis

N

%

Cardiac Arrest

13

12.38

Cardiogenic Shock

2

1.90

Aortic Aneurysm

1

0.95

Rhythm Disturbance

1

0.95

Other GI

2

1.90

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

11

10.48

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

8

7.62

Laminectomy/spinal cord

1

0.95

Neuromuscular Disease

1

0.95

Seizure

1

0.95

Sepsis of Urinary Tract Origin

3

2.86

Renal Diseases

2

1.90

Respiratory Arrest

8

7.62

Other Respiratory Diseases

8

7.62

Pneumonia

4

3.81

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2

1.90

Pulmonary Edema (non-cardiogenic)

1

0.95

Pulmonary Embolism

1

0.95

Head Trauma (with/without multiple trauma)

24

22.86

Multiple Trauma(excluding head trauma)

3

2.86

Sepsis(other than urinary tract)

8

7.62

 

105

100