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Outcome and activity for admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by subgroup |
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| All (n = 3752) |
I. Pneumonia (n = 775) |
II. Right VF (n = 147) |
III. Left VF (n = 142) |
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| Outcome |
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| Mortality in the CMP unit (n [%]) [95% CI] |
827 (23.1) [21.7–24.5] |
183 (24.5) [21.5–27.8] |
50 (34.7) [27.0–43.1] |
33 (24.1) [17.2–32.1] |
| Mortality in any hospital (n [%]) [95% CI]a |
1322 (38.3) [36.7–40.0] |
288 (40.1) [36.5–43.8] |
73 (51.4) [42.9–59.9] |
47 (36.4) [28.1–45.4] |
| Activity |
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| Length of stay |
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| In CMP unit (days; median [IQR]) |
4.0 (1.6–9.4) |
5.5 (2.2–11.8) |
4.1 (1.4–9.1) |
3.3 (1.2–7.3) |
| Any hospital (days; median [IQR])a |
16 (9–29) |
19 (10–33) |
13 (6–22) |
14 (8–27) |
| Readmission within same hospital stay (n [%]) |
169 (4.5) |
29 (3.7) |
3 (2.0) |
5 (3.5) |
| Transferred in (n [%])b |
529 (14.1) |
144 (18.6) |
10 (6.9) |
19 (13.5) |
| Transferred out (n [%])b,c |
537 (18.6) |
133 (22.7) |
11 (11.3) |
18 (17.0) |
| Decision made to withdraw all active treatment (n [%]) |
422 (11.3) |
88 (11.4) |
31 (21.1) |
16 (11.3) |
| Time from unit admission to treatment withdrawal (days; median [IQR])d |
3.7 (1.2–7.9) |
5.0 (1.8–9.2) |
4.0 (1.0–9.0) |
3.0 (1.1–7.6) |
| Time from treatment withdrawal to death(hours; median [IQR])e |
3.3 (1.1–8.9) |
3.3 (1.0–9.4) |
4.3 (1.5–7.6) |
3.9 (2.0–6.8) |
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aExcluding 169 (4.5%) admissions who were readmissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) within the same hospital stay. bFrom/to another critical care unit. cPercentage of patients who were discharged from the unit alive. dCalculated on all admissions with a decision to withdraw active treatment. eCalculated on all admissions with a decision to withdraw active treatment, excluding 32 (7.6%) who were discharged from the unit alive. CI, confidence interval; CMP, Case Mix Programme; IQR, interquartile range; VF, ventricular failure. | ||||
Wildman et al. Critical Care 2005 9(Suppl 3):S38 doi:10.1186/cc3719 |
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