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Table 4 Comparison of survivors and non-survivor’s patients (n = 237)

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

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

  1. ACS Alteration of consciousness, ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom, AMCD Acute metabolic complication of diabetes, SBT Severe brain trauma
  2. ICU Intensive Care Unit, ASAPS Ambulatory Simplified Acute Physiologic Score
  3. A Acute Metabolic Complication of Diabetes
  4. B Severe Brain Trauuma
  5. C Other disease