Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of the 16 included medical records
Patient No. | Length of excerpt (days) | Gender | Age (5-year interval) | Cause of death | Admitted from | Blood tests | Antibiotics | Other acute medication | Nutritional support | Examinations | NIV | Transferrals | Discharge planning | Time of death after TP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | M | 71–75 | Pulmonary failure | NH | Yes | Yes | – | – | – | CPAP | – | – | 3 days |
2 | 5 | F | 31–35 | Liver failure | Home | Yes | – | – | Tube nutrition | X-ray | – | – | – | 2 days |
3 | 5 | M | 91–95 | Sepsis | NH | Yes | Yes | – | – | CT | – | Medical ward to ICU | Planned return to NH | 3 days |
4 | 5 | M | 76–80 | Pulmonary oedema | Home | Yes | – | – | – | X-ray, CT | – | – | Planned discharge to NH | 1 day |
5 | 3 | M | 81–85 | Pneumonia | Home | Yes | Yes | – | – | X-ray | BiPAP | Dies in ICU | – | Hours |
6 | 4 | F | 76–80 | Cancer/heart failure | Home | – | – | – | – | Ultrasound | – | – | Planned discharge to NH | Hours |
7 | 5 | F | 81–85 | COPD/pulmonary oedema | NH | Yes | Yes | Diuretics, nitroglycerin | – | – | VPAP | – | – | Hours |
8 | 4 | F | 66–70 | Cancer | Home | Yes | Yes | Blood, albumin | – | Revision surgery | – | – | Planned discharge to NH | Hours |
9 | 5 | M | 86–90 | Parkinson’s disease | NH | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 days |
10 | 4 | F | 81–85 | Heart failure | Home | Yes | Yes | Antiarrhythmicum | – | X-ray | – | ICU to medical ward | – | 1 day |
11 | 4 | F | 86–90 | Infection/cancer | Home | Yes | Yes | – | – | X-ray, coloscopy | – | – | Planned return to NH | 1 day |
12 | 6 | M | > 96 | Heart failure | Hospital | Yes | – | – | – | X-ray, ECG | – | – | – | 1 day |
13 | 4 | K | 71–75 | Cerebral haemorrhage | Home | Yes | – | Blood pressure medication | – | CT | – | Dies in OU | – | 2 days |
14 | 6 | M | 91–95 | Multiple organ failure | Home | Yes | Yes | – | Intravenous nutrition | X-ray | – | – | – | 1 day |
15 | 3 | M | 76–80 | Kidney failure | Home | Yes | Yes | – | – | – | – | – | – | Hours |
16 | 4 | K | 91–95 | Gastrointestinal haemorrhage | Home | Yes | – | – | – | Two gastroscopies, with a third planned | – | From ICU when TP | – | 2 days |