Table 1: Baseline characteristics comparing younger adults vs. older adults.
|
Baseline characteristics |
Younger adults (64 or younger) N (%) |
Older adults (65 or older) N (%) |
All, N (%) |
P-Value |
|
Number of subjects |
41 (23%) |
137 (77%) |
178 |
|
|
Mean age (Range) |
54 (30-64) |
78 (65-100) |
72 (30-100) |
|
|
Gender (Female/Male) |
0.12 |
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Female |
18 (44) |
79 (58) |
97 (55) |
|
|
Male |
23 (56) |
58 (42) |
81 (45) |
|
|
Race/Ethnicity |
0.01 |
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Caucasian |
12 (29) |
69 (50) |
81 (46) |
|
|
African American |
15 (37) |
17 (12) |
32 (18) |
|
|
Asian |
5 (12) |
24 (18) |
29 (16) |
|
|
Hispanic |
2 (5) |
9 (7) |
11 (6) |
|
|
Others |
7 (17) |
18 (13) |
25 (14) |
|
|
Code status |
0.13 |
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Full Code |
38 (93) |
113 (83) |
151 (85) |
|
|
DNR/DNI |
3 (7) |
23 (17) |
26 (15) |
|
|
Reason for NIPPV |
0.07 |
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Acute respiratory failure |
9 (22) |
53 (39) |
62 (35) |
|
|
Acute CHF exacerbation |
9 (22) |
37 (27) |
46 (26) |
|
|
Acute COPD exacerbation |
10 (24) |
24 (18) |
34 (19) |
|
|
Other diagnoses* |
13 (32) |
23 (17) |
36 (20) |
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*Other diagnoses include: Sepsis (8 cases), Diabetic complications (4), syncope (3), hematologic conditions (3), gastrointestinal complications (3), neurologic complications (3), hyponatremia (2), ileus (2), advanced renal disease (2), other infections (2), metabolic complications (2), other (2).