Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Refused to ICU

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients at first ICU.

Patients characteristics	All patients evaluated for ICU admission (𝑛=334)
Age*	81 (78–85)
	143 (42.8%)
81–85 years	126 (37.7%)
	65 (19.5%)
Gender: male	168 (50.3%)
Charlson Comorbidity Index*	2 (1–3)
Comorbidity
Low	141 (42.5%)
Medium	90 (27.1%)
High	101 (30.4%)
Barthel Index*	95 (65–100)
Completely independent	156 (49.7%)
Mild dependence	95 (30.3%)
Moderate dependence	34 (10.8%)
Severe dependence	10 (3.2%)
Completely dependent	19 (6.1%)
Functional dependence (Barthel Index < 60)	63 (20.1%)
Cruz Roja Mental Scale
Completely normal	205 (65.1%)
Light disorders of disorientation in time	66 (21%)
Disorientation in time	35 (11.1%)
Complete disorientation	2 (6%)
Complete mental disorder	3 (1%)
Dementia very evident	4 (1.3%)
Severe mental incapacity (CRMS > 3)	7 (2.09%)
APACHE II*	15 (11–22)
SOFA*	4 (1–7)

Data are shown as number (percent), except for those marked with *that are shown as median (P₂₅–P₇₅).