HCEC Group N = 33 | UC Group N = 29 | p value | |
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Patient Characteristics | |||
Age on admission, year | 51 ± 20.82 | 46 ± 23.29 | 0.53 |
Gender | 0.66 | ||
Female | 12 (36.36%) | 9 (31.03%) | |
Male | 21 (63.64%) | 20 (68.97%) | |
Marital status | |||
Married | 18 (54.55%) | 13 (44.83%) | 0.45 |
Unmarried | 15 (45.45%) | 16 (55.17%) | |
Educational level | 0.52 | ||
University of Higher | 14 (42.42%) | 10 (34.48%) | |
Middle school or Lower | 19 (57.58%) | 19 (65.52%) | |
Religion | 0.81 | ||
Buddhism/Daoism | 17 (51.52%) | 15 (51.72%) | |
Christian/Catholics | 2 (6.06%) | 3 (10.34%) | |
Others | 14 (42.42%) | 11 (37.93%) | |
Elixhauser comorbidity measures | 2 ± 1.80 | 2 ± 1.54 | 0.47 |
HCEC requested | 0.72 | ||
Nurse | 19 (57.58%) | 18 (62.07%) | |
Attending Physician | 14 (42.42%) | 11 (37.93%) | |
Outcome Data | |||
Discharge status | 0.56 | ||
Dead | 26 (78.79%) | 21 (72.41%) | |
Survived | 7 (21.21%) | 8 (27.59%) | |
Total ICU stay, day | 17 ± 17.26 | 30 ± 37.50 | 0.05 |
Total hospital stay, day | 25 ± 35.80 | 70 ± 42.05 | < 0.01 |
Post-conflict ICU stay, day a | 6 ± 13.87 | 20 ± 23.86 | < 0.01 |
Post-conflict hospital stay, day b | 7 ± 18.52 | 21 ± 25.02 | < 0.01 |
The average of ethical issues | 2 ± 0.63 | 2 ± 0.58 | 0.42 |
Consensus reached | < 0.01 | ||
No | 5 (15.15%) | 22 (75.86%) | |
Yes | 28 (84.85%) | 7 (24.14%) |