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Table 5 Length of stay, decision of withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining therapies in ICU and mortality

From: Risk factors of frailty and death or only frailty after intensive care in non-frail elderly patients: a prospective non-interventional study

 

Robust at 6 months (n = 34)

Frail or dead at 6 months (n = 54)

P*

Frail at 6 months (n = 29)

P**

Length of stay, days

 ICU

5 (4–9)

15 (7–27)

< 0.001

15 (7–24)

< 0.001

 Hospital

28 (12–40)

45 (21–63)

0.003

48 (29–63)

< 0.001

WWLST* in ICU

0 (−)

17 (31)

 

2 (7)

 

Mortality

 ICU

13 (24)

 

 

 Hospital

18 (33)

 

 

 At 6 months

25 (46)

 

 
  1. Data are expressed as median (interquartile range 25–75) or number (percentage). *Non-frail vs frail or died at 6 months. **Non-frail vs frail at 6 months. ICU intensive care unit, WWLST withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining therapies