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Table 2 Referring specialty (developmental set)

From: Identification of high-risk subgroups in very elderly intensive care unit patients

Referring specialty

Survivors (n = 3,145)

Non-survivors (n = 1,433)

Internal medicine

343 (10.9%)

307 (21.4%)

Cardiology

192 (6.1%)

187 (13.0%)

Pulmonary diseases

91 (2.9%)

69 (4.8%)

Neurology

42(1.3%)

43 (3.0%)

Surgery

1,249 (39.7%)

627 (43.7%)

Cardiothoracic surgery

889 (28.3%)

97 (6.8%)

Neurosurgery

40 (1.3%)

16 (1.1%)

Other

299 (9.5%)

82 (5.7%)

Admission type

  

   Medical

737 (24%)

723 (51%)

   Unplanned surgery

497 (16%)

323 (23%)

   Planned surgery

1,861 (60%)

359 (26%)