1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
3Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
4St. Mary’s Advanced Life Support Team, Department of Nursing, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Conceptualization: SCK. Data curation: JL, SWK. Formal analysis: WHB. Methodology: EYK. Project administration: JL. Visualization: MRH. Writing - original draft: JL. Writing - review & editing: WHB, SCK.
Variable | Survivor (n=97) | Non-survivora (n=41) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
Male sex | 42 (43.3) | 14 (34.1) | 0.417 |
Age (yr) | 63.0 (55.0–72.0) | 62.0 (51.0–72.0) | 0.843 |
Chemotherapy in last 30 days | 35 (36.1) | 18 (43.9) | 0.502 |
Charlson comorbidity score | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) | 8.0 (6.0–9.0) | 0.067 |
APACHE II score | 14.0 (9.0–18.5) | 17.0 (13.0–22.0) | 0.018 |
MEWS | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | 7.0 (5.5–9.0) | 0.004 |
Day between admission and RRT activation | 4.0 (2.0–13.0) | 9.0 (3.0–26.0) | 0.032 |
ICU transfer | 46 (47.4) | 29 (70.7) | 0.020 |
Status of malignancy | |||
First presentation | 28 (28.9) | 10 (24.4) | 0.742 |
Relapse/refractory | 44 (45.4) | 21 (51.2) | 0.657 |
Extensive disease | 38 (39.2) | 21 (51.2) | 0.263 |
Duration of malignancy | 13.0 (1.0–48.0) | 9.0 (2.0–32.0) | 0.707 |
Values are presented as number (%) or median (interquartile range).
APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; MEWS: Modified Early Warning Score; RRT: rapid response team; ICU: intensive care unit.
a Patients who had a preexisting do-not-resuscitate order or change in code status within 24 hours post RRT activation were excluded from analysis.
Patients who had a preexisting do-not-resuscitate order or a change in code status within 24 hours post RRT activation were excluded from analysis.
CI: confidence interval; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; MEWS: Modified Early Warning Score; RRT: rapid response team; ICU: intensive care unit.