Table 1 Patient characteristics
Number | 891 |
Age | |
Survivors | 55.6 ± 17.1 |
Non-survivors | 61.0 ± 17.5 |
Gender | |
Male | 471 (52.9 %) |
Female | 420 (47.1 %) |
Ethnicity | |
White | 507 (56.9 %) |
Black | 73 (8.2 %) |
Asian | 46 (5.2 %) |
Hispanic | 57 (6.4 %) |
Other | 208 (23.3 %) |
Admission type | |
Medical | 204 (22.9 %) |
Surgical | 251 (28.2 %) |
Cardiac/cardiothoracic | 139 (15.6 %) |
Neurological/neurosurgical | 292 (32.8 %) |
Unknown | 5 (0.6 %) |
DNR within 24 h of admission | 29 (3.3 %) |
Duration of mechanical ventilation | 2 (1-5) |
ICU length of stay in days | 2 (1-6) |
Hospital length of stay in days | 8 (4-14) |
Hospital discharge destination: discharged home | 440 (49.4 %) |
Hospital mortality | 65 (7.3 %) |