Table 5 Analysis of the associations between ICU mortality and social and clinical variables in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit between 2021 and 2022.

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill elderly patients aged 90 years and older

Variables

ICU Survivors

ICU Nonsurvivors

  
 

N(%)

Mean ± SD

N(%)

Mean ± SD

P value

OR-95%

Gender

    

0,636

 

Male

66(29,9)

 

16(33,3)

   

Female

155(70,1)

 

32(66,7)

   

Age (years)

 

93,13 ± 2,83

 

93,04 ± 3,31

0,534

 

Frail patient?

    

0,116

 

No

163(73,8)

 

30(62,5)

   

Yes

58(26,2)

 

18(37,5)

   

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

 

2,79 ± 2,27

 

3,88 ± 2,89

0,658

 

Pre-Hospital Admission Functional Status

    

0,084

 

Independent

43(19,6)

 

3(6,3)

   

Requires assistance

104(47,5)

 

27(56,3)

   

Restricted

72(32,9)

 

18(37,5)

   

Source of ICU Admission

    

0,483

 

Surgical Center

18(8,1)

 

2(4,2)

   

Emergency Department

187(84,6)

 

41(85,4)

   

Hospital Ward

8(3,6)

 

4(8,3)

   

Home-care

5(2,3)

 

1(2,1)

   

Hemodynamics Room

3(1,4)

 

0(0,0)

   

ICU Admission Type

    

0,402

 

Elective Surgery

11(5,0)

 

1(2,1)

   

Urgent/Emergency Surgery

12(5,4)

 

1(2,1)

   

Medical

198(89,6)

 

46(95,8)

   

SAPS 3 score

 

56,38 ± 11,39

 

65,69 ± 11,41

0,780

 

Mechanical Ventilation D1

    

< 0,001

 

No

185(85,3)

 

12(25,0)

  

b

Yes

32(14,7)

 

36(75,0)

  

17,344(8,165 − 36,842)

Cardiac Arrest 1 h

    

0,095

 

No

215(99,1)

 

46(95,8)

   

Yes

2(0,9)

 

2(4,2)

   

Dialysis Use

    

< 0,001

 

No

213(97,3)

 

35(72,9)

  

b

Yes

6(2,7)

 

13(27,1)

  

13,186(4,701 − 36,981)

Treatment Limitation

    

0,267

 

No

212(96,8)

 

42(93,3)

   

Yes

7(3,2)

 

3(6,7)

   
  1. ¹Chi-square test, with Yates correction, at a 95% confidence level. ²Mann‒Whitney U test, at a 95% confidence level.³Logistic Regression, using odds ratio, at a 95% confidence level.