Research Article
Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Refused to ICU
Table 4
Baseline characteristics of patients who were candidates to ICU.
| | Patients admitted to UCI (68.9%) | Patients refused to ICU (31.0%) | value |
| Age* | 81 (78–84) | 82 (79–85) | 0.012 | >75–80 years | 93 (47.7%) | 29 (33%) | | 81–85 years | 66 (33.8%) | 38 (43.2%) | | >85 | 36 (18.5%) | 21 (23.9%) | | Gender: male | 97 (49.7%) | 47 (53.4%) | 0.568 | Charlson Comorbidity Index* | 1 (0–2) | 3 (2–4) | 0.000 | Comorbidity | | | 0.000 | Low | 101 (52.1%) | 18 (20.5%) | | Medium | 53 (27.3%) | 24 (27.3%) | | High | 40 (20.6%) | 46 (52.3%) | | Barthel Index* | 100.0 (85–100) | 67.5 (40–100) | 0.000 | Completely independent | 95 (48.7%) | 27 (30.7%) | | Mild dependence | 65 (33.3%) | 23 (26.1%) | | Moderate dependence | 11 (5.6%) | 18 (20.5%) | | Severe dependence | 2 (1%) | 6 (6.8%) | | Completely dependent | 22 (11.3%) | 14 (15.9%) | | Functional dependence (Barthel Index < 60) | 35 (17.9%) | 38 (43.2%) | 0.000 | Cruz Roja Mental Scale | | | 0.001 | Completely normal | 132 (74.6%) | 40 (46.0%) | | Light disorders of disorientation in time | 29 (16.4%) | 28 (32.2%) | | Disorientation in time | 16 (9.0%) | 13 (14.9%) | | Complete disorientation | 0 (0%) | 2 (2.3%) | | Complete mental disorder | 0 (0%) | 3 (3.4%) | | Dementia very evident | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.1%) | | Severe mental incapacity (CRMS > 3) | 0 (0%) | 4 (5.6%) | 0.004 | APACHE II* | 17 (11–23) | 17 (11–24) | 0.660 | SOFA* | 5 (1–8.25) | 4 (2–6) | 0.301 |
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Data are shown as number (percentage), except for those marked with *that are shown as median (P25–P75).
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