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Table 4 Outcomes of patients

From: Predictors and outcomes of withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units in Singapore: a multicentre observational study

Outcomes

No limitation

(n = 7197)

Withholding

(n = 1159)

Withdrawal

(n = 551)

P value

Hospital mortality, n (%)

759 (10.6)

952 (82.1)

506 (91.8)

 < 0.001

ICU mortality, n (%)

358 (5)

782 (67.5)

329 (59.7)

 < 0.001

Hospital days, median (IQR)

14 (7.1–29.9)

10.1 (2.7–24.1)

8.6 (3.4–18.2)

 < 0.001

ICU days, median (IQR)

1.9 (0.9–4)

2.7 (1–6.9)

4.7 (2.1–8.9)

 < 0.001

Hospital discharge destination for survivors, n (%)

(n = 6438)

(n = 207)

(n = 45)

 < 0.001

Home

5038 (78.3)

134 (64.7)

25 (55.6)

 

Community rehabilitation hospital

780 (12.1)

32 (15.5)

7 (15.6)

 

Long-term nursing home

251 (3.9)

27 (13)

10 (22.2)

 

Another acute hospital’s ICU/HDU

180 (2.8)

3 (1.5)

1 (2.2)

 

Another acute hospital’s general ward

152 (2.4)

5 (2.4)

2 (4.4)

 

Hospice

21 (0.3)

5 (2.4)

0 (0)

 

Others

16 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

 
  1. ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, HDU high-dependency unit
  2. Given the aim of comparing the secondary outcome of hospital mortality with the primary outcomes of withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments, numbers refer to patients rather than ICU admissions and readmissions. Patients are categorised as receiving withholding or withdrawal orders as long as the orders were made in at least one admission during the hospital stay. Hospital outcomes refer to those of the entire hospital stay. ICU outcomes refer to the ICU admission where withholding or withdrawal orders were made for patients with multiple ICU admissions within the hospital stay
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