Comparison of Mortality Risk Prediction Among Patients ≥70 Versus <70 Years of Age in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-15-2018
Abstract
Older adults account for an increasing number of cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) admissions. This study sought to determine the predictive value of illness severity scores for mortality in CICU patients ≥70 years of age. Adult patients admitted to the CICU from 2007 to 2015 at one tertiary care hospital were reviewed. Severity of illness scores were calculated on the first CICU day. Area under the receiver-operator characteristic curve (AUROC) values were used to assess discrimination for hospital mortality in patients ≥70 versus10,004 patients with a mean age of 67.4 ± 15.2 years (37.4% female); 4,771 patients (47.7%) were ≥70 years of age. Patients ≥70 years of age had greater illness severity and more extensive co-morbidities compared with patients≥70 years of age had higher hospital mortality (11.6% vs 6.8%, odds ratio 1.80, 95% confidence interval 1.57 to 2.07, p
Volume
122
Issue
10
First Page
1773
Last Page
1778
ISSN
1879-1913
Published In/Presented At
Jentzer, J. C., Murphree, D. H., Wiley, B., Bennett, C., Goldfarb, M., Keegan, M. T., Murphy, J. G., Wright, R. S., & Barsness, G. W. (2018). Comparison of Mortality Risk Prediction Among Patients ≥70 Versus The American journal of cardiology, 122(10), 1773–1778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.08.011
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
30227963
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Document Type
Article