Table 5 Prognosis and treatment excluded
From: Palliative inpatients in general hospitals: a one day observational study in Belgium
Prognosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatments excluded | < 7 days | 1-4 weeks | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-12 months | > 1 year |
Cardiac resuscitation | 100% | 91.7% | 81.8% | 72.5% | 63.2% | 67.2% |
Transfer to intensive care unit | 100% | 95.5% | 72.7% | 57.9% | 58.2% | 56.5% |
Treatment specific to the causative disease | 90.0% | 52.2% | 54.8% | 30.8% | 28.6% | 33.3% |
Artificial nutrition | 90.0% | 73.9% | 47.6% | 54.1% | 40.0% | 36.1% |
Antibiotics | 80.0% | 30.4% | 4.4% | 0 | 1.8% | 3.1% |
Transfusion | 80.0% | 54.2% | 20.5% | 13.5% | 9.1% | 5.0% |