Research Article
Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Refused to ICU
Table 3
Outcomes of patients who were candidates to ICU.
| | Patients admitted to ICU () | Patients refused to ICU () | value |
| Hospital mortality | 70/195 35.8% | 49/88 55.6% | 0.002 | Length of hospital stay* | 11 (6–21.5) | 7.5 (2–12.25) | 0.000 | Mortality during 1-year followup | 10/125 8.0% | 13/38 34.2% | 0.000 | 1-year mortality | 80/195 41.0% | 62/87 71.3% | 0.000 | % patients who were rehospitalized during 1-year followup | 68/115 59.1% | 17/38 44.7% | 0.122 |
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Data are shown as number (percent), except for those marked with *that are shown as median (P25–P75).
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