Table 1 Characteristics of 109 critically ill adult non-trauma patients with regard to 30-day mortality
Patients who survived 30 days from admission (n = 75) | Patients who did not survive 30 days from admission (n = 34) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient demographics | ||||
Age (years) | 61 (46–73) | 71 (62–80) | 0.004 | |
Male gender | 43 (57.3) | 23 (67.6) | 0.31 | |
Diagnosis category | 0.02 | |||
Airway | 4 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Breathing | 20 (26.7) | 7 (20.6) | ||
Circulation | 20 (26.7) | 21 (61.8) | ||
Disability | 25 (33.3) | 6 (17.6) | ||
Exposure | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Other | 4 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Route of admission | 0.62 | |||
112 call | 64 (85.3) | 27 (79.4) | ||
On-call doctor service | 7 (9.3) | 3 (8.8) | ||
General practitioner | 1 (1.3) | 2 (5.9) | ||
Self-admission | 2 (2.7) | 1 (2.9) | ||
Outpatient clinic | 1 (1.3) | 1 (2.9) | ||
Emergency team call type | 0.22 | |||
Red | 18 (24.0) | 12 (35.3) | ||
Orange | 57 (76.0) | 22 (64.7) | ||
Intensive care unit | ||||
Considered ineligible | 2 (2.7) | 18 (52.9) | <0.0001 | |
Admission | 43 (57.3) | 15 (44.1) | 0.20 | |
Length of stay | ||||
Total | 5 (2–10) | 2.5 (1–9.3) | 0.14 | |
ICU | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–2) | 0.56 | |