Baseline characteristics of deceased patients in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), June 1, 2018 to January 31, 2023
| All patients | Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) | Full code | P value | |
| Patients, n (%) | 746 (100) | 603 (80.8) | 143 (19.2) | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 69 (57–77) | 70 (60–78) | 59 (34–74) | 0.0001 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 417 (55.9) | 325 (53.9) | 92 (64.3) | 0.024 |
| Race, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| White | 416 (55.8) | 361 (59.9) | 55 (38.5) | |
| Black | 269 (36.1) | 195 (32.3) | 74 (51.8) | |
| Other** | 51 (6.8) | 40 (6.6) | 11 (7.7) | |
| Missing | 10 (1.3) | 7 (1.2) | 3 (2.1) | |
| Admission diagnosis, n (%) | ||||
| Respiratory failure | 78 (10.5) | 66 (11.0) | 12 (8.4) | |
| Sepsis | 46 (6.2) | 38 (6.3) | 8 (5.6) | |
| Penetrating trauma | 40 (5.4) | 10 (1.7) | 30 (21.0) | |
| Blunt trauma | 65 (8.7) | 52 (8.6) | 13 (9.1) | |
| Operation, n (%) | 432 (57.9) | 345 (57.2) | 87 (60.8) | 0.4 |
| ICU LOS, median (IQR) | 5 (2–13) | 6 (3–14) | 2 (1–8) | 0.0001 |
| Expected death on ICU admission, n (%) | 196 (26.3) | 158 (26.2) | 38 (26.6) | 0.93 |
| Intubated, n (%) | 627 (84.1) | 495 (82.1) | 132 (92.3) | 0.003 |
| Tracheostomy, n (%) | 61 (9.7) | 54 (10.9) | 7 (5.3) | 0.056 |
| APACHE II score, mean (SD) | 26.2 (10.2) | 26.3 (10.1) | 26.1 (10.5) | 0.876 |
| Palliative care consultation, n (%) | 328 (44.0) | 295 (48.9) | 33 (23.1) | <0.001 |
*Other race: Asian, Hispanic, other.
APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.