Table 4 Orders for LST before enforcement and life-sustaining treatment plan after enforcement in the ER
Variable | Group | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Orders for LST prepared in the ER before enforcement of the LEMD law (n = 175) | Life-sustaining treatment plan prepared in the ER after enforcement of the LEMD law (n = 139) | ||
Time taken from reception to obtaining written consent (min) | 296 (155, 532) | 466 (245, 963) | < 0.001 |
Length of stay in the ER (min) | 864 (479, 1750) | 1,391 (642, 2,467) | 0.003 |
Length of hospital stay (days) | 4 (1, 9) | 2 (0, 6) | 0.001 |
Medical expenses (won) | 3,782,083 (1,732,649, 6,638,183) | 2,755,304 (1,615,569, 4,823,854) | 0.076 |
Type of ER visit | 0.208 | ||
Direct visit to the ER without transfer from another hospital | 134 (76.6) | 94 (67.6) | |
Transfer from another hospital | 36 (20.6) | 40 (28.8) | |
Transfer from the OPD | 5 (2.9) | 5 (3.6) | |
Transfer from the ER to a secondary hospital | 16 (9.1) | 28 (20.1) | 0.005 |
Transfer from the ER to a nursing hospital | 2 (1.1) | 14 (10.1) | 0.001 |
Survival in the ER | 155 (88.6) | 112 (80.6) | 0.049 |
Life-sustaining treatments and life-sustaining procedures | |||
Consent to perform CPR | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.506 |
Consent to perform intubation | 9 (5.1) | 6 (4.4) | 0.755 |
Consent to perform CRRT | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.506 |
Consent for ICU admission | 12 (6.9) | 2 (1.5) | 0.026 |
Survival at discharge | 53 (30.3) | 47 (33.8) | 0.505 |