Vivek K Moitra1, Carmen Guerra, Walter T Linde-Zwirble, Hannah Wunsch. 1. 1Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY. 2ZD Associates, Perkasie, PA. 3Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between length of ICU stay and 1-year mortality for elderly patients who survived to hospital discharge in the United States. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of a random sample of Medicare beneficiaries who survived to hospital discharge, with 1- and 3-year follow-up, stratified by the number of days of intensive care and with additional stratification based on receipt of mechanical ventilation. INTERVENTIONS: None. PATIENTS: The cohort included 34,696 Medicare beneficiaries older than 65 years who received intensive care and survived to hospital discharge in 2005. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among 34,696 patients who survived to hospital discharge, the mean ICU length of stay was 3.4 days (± 4.5 d). Patients (88.9%) were in the ICU for 1-6 days, representing 58.6% of ICU bed-days. Patients (1.3%) were in the ICU for 21 or more days, but these patients used 11.6% of bed-days. The percentage of mechanically ventilated patients increased with increasing length of stay (6.3% for 1-6 d in the ICU and 71.3% for ≥ 21 d). One-year mortality was 26.6%, ranging from 19.4% for patients in the ICU for 1 day, up to 57.8% for patients in the ICU for 21 or more days. For each day beyond 7 days in the ICU, there was an increased odds of death by 1 year of 1.04 (95% CI, 1.03-1.05) irrespective of the need for mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing ICU length of stay is associated with higher 1-year mortality for both mechanically ventilated and non-mechanically ventilated patients. No specific cutoff was associated with a clear plateau or sharp increase in long-term risk.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between length of ICU stay and 1-year mortality for elderly patients who survived to hospital discharge in the United States. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of a random sample of Medicare beneficiaries who survived to hospital discharge, with 1- and 3-year follow-up, stratified by the number of days of intensive care and with additional stratification based on receipt of mechanical ventilation. INTERVENTIONS: None. PATIENTS: The cohort included 34,696 Medicare beneficiaries older than 65 years who received intensive care and survived to hospital discharge in 2005. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among 34,696 patients who survived to hospital discharge, the mean ICU length of stay was 3.4 days (± 4.5 d). Patients (88.9%) were in the ICU for 1-6 days, representing 58.6% of ICU bed-days. Patients (1.3%) were in the ICU for 21 or more days, but these patients used 11.6% of bed-days. The percentage of mechanically ventilated patients increased with increasing length of stay (6.3% for 1-6 d in the ICU and 71.3% for ≥ 21 d). One-year mortality was 26.6%, ranging from 19.4% for patients in the ICU for 1 day, up to 57.8% for patients in the ICU for 21 or more days. For each day beyond 7 days in the ICU, there was an increased odds of death by 1 year of 1.04 (95% CI, 1.03-1.05) irrespective of the need for mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing ICU length of stay is associated with higher 1-year mortality for both mechanically ventilated and non-mechanically ventilated patients. No specific cutoff was associated with a clear plateau or sharp increase in long-term risk.
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