From: Inhospital outcome of elderly patients in an intensive care unit in a Sub-Saharan hospital
Characteristics | All patients (N = 237) | Non-survivors (n = 173) | Survivors (n = 64) | p value |
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Age (Mean; years) | 71.7 ± 6.1 | 71.6 ± 5.9 | 72.1 ± 6.4 | 0.5 |
Age group (%) | ||||
65–74 | 167 (70.4) | 123 (73.6) | 44 (26.3) | 0.7 |
75–84 | 58 (24.5) | 42 (72.4) | 16 (27.6) | 0.9 |
85 above | 12 (5.1) | 8 (66.6) | 4 (33.3) | 0.6 |
Gender | ||||
Male (n = 167) | 167 (70.4) | 127 (76.05) | 40 (23.9) | 0.1 |
Female (n = 70) | 70 (29.6) | 46 (65.7) | 24 (34.3) | |
Reference specialty (%) | ||||
Emergency service | 134 (56.4) | 108 (80.6) | 26 (20.4) | 0.001 |
Medicine | 21 (8.8) | 14 (66.6) | 7(33.8) | 0.4 |
Surgery | 54 (22.8) | 49 (90.7) | 5(9.3) | 0.003 |
Reasons for admission | ||||
ACS | 133 (56.1) | 109 (81.9) | 24 (18) | < 0.001 |
Poor condition | 6 (2.5) | 3 (50) | 3 (50) | 0.3 |
Burn | 11 (4.6) | 7 (63.64) | 4 (36.4) | 0.4 |
ARDS | 9 (3.8) | 7 (77.7) | 2 (22.2) | 1 |
Shock | 78 (32.9) | 47 (60.3) | 31 (39.7) | 0.002 |
Charlson Score (Median) | 4.8 ± 1.8 | 4.6 ± 1.7 | 5.09 ± 2.04 | 0.12 |
≥ 8 | 20 (8.4) | 11 (55) | 9 (45) | 0.03 |
< 8 | 217 (91.6) | 103 (47.4) | 76 (52.6) | 0.4 |
Glasgow coma score (Mean valu) | 9.64 ± 4.01 | 8.9 ± 3.8 | 11.8 ± 3.6 | 0.03 |
< 8 | 42.06 | 69 (88.4) | 9 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
≥ 8 | 57.9 | 58 (68.2) | 76 (31.8) | |
ASAPS score (Mean) | 7.9 ± 3.5 | 8.6 ± 3.5 | 5.8 ± 2.6 | < 0.001 |
ASAPS ≥8 | 150 (87) | 13 | ||
ASAPS < 8 | 109 (63.5) | 36.6 | ||
Diagnosis | ||||
Stroke | 65 (27.4%) | 57 (87.69%) | 8 (12.31%) | 0.001 |
Peritonitis | 22 (9.3%) | 18 (81.82%) | 4 (18.18%) | 0.4 |
AMCDA | 20 (8.4%) | 10 (50%) | 10 (50%) | 0.01 |
SBTB | 19 (8%) | 18 (94.74%) | 1 (5.26%) | 0.02 |
Bowel obstruction | 13 (5.5%) | 7 (53.85%) | 6 (46.15%) | 0.1 |
Burn | 10 (4.2%) | 6 (60%) | 4 (40%) | 0.4 |
Severe infection | 10 (4.2%) | 8 (80%) | 2 (20%) | 0.7 |
Prostatic adenoma | 9 (3.8%) | 5 (55.56) | 4 (44.44) | 0.2 |
Heart disease | 6 (2.5%) | 4 (66.67%) | 2 (33.33%) | 0.6 |
Prostatic cancer | 5 (2.1%) | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 0.01 |
Inguinal hernia | 5 (2.1%) | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 0.6 |
OtherC | 53 (22.4%) | 36 (67.92%) | 17 (32.08%) | 0.1 |
Complications occurred in ICU | ||||
Yes = 89 | 89 (37.5%) | 80 (89.9%) | 9 (10.1%) | < 0.001 |
Non = 148 | 148 (62.5%) | 93 (62.8%) | 55 (37.2%) | |
Mechanical ventilation | 2 (0.8%) | 2 (100%) | 0 | Ki = 0.7 |
Length of stay in ICU (mean) | 5.3 ± 7.4 | 5.2 ± 8 | 5.5 ± 5.1 | 0.8 |