Characteristics | Heart failure | Other brain disease | Dementia | Chronic obstructive lung disease | Other disease of lung | Acute kidney injury | Chronic kidney disease | Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | Motor neuron disease | p | |||||||||
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Gender, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <.0001 |
 Men | 28 | (56) | 91 | (57.2) | 12 | (42.9) | 32 | (94.1) | 47 | (64.4) | 13 | (52) | 51 | (51) | 48 | (75) | 1 | (33.3) |  |
 Women | 22 | (44) | 68 | (42.8) | 16 | (57.1) | 2 | (5.9) | 26 | (35.6) | 12 | (48) | 49 | (49) | 16 | (25) | 2 | (66.7) |  |
Age, mean (sd) | 72.08 | (17.27) | 62.79 | (21.65) | 85.71 | (9.32) | 74.91 | (15.99) | 78.05 | (11.52) | 71.08 | (22.61) | 78.40 | (13.09) | 60.31 | (19.15) | 64.00 | (1) | <.0001 |
Length of days of PCCS, mean (sd) | 17.54 | (20.95) | 21.23 | (23.61) | 16.18 | (10.2) | 17.44 | (18.42) | 24.88 | (87.71) | 11.84 | (11.82) | 14.39 | (15.93) | 15.25 | (13.47) | 16.67 | (16.77) | 0.43 |
DNR declaration, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.2331 |
 Not signed | 2 | (4) | 2 | (1.3) | 1 | (3.6) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1.4) | 1 | (4) | 1 | (1) | 3 | (4.7) | 0 | (0) |  |
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  Before PCCS | 44 | (88) | 130 | (81.8) | 23 | (82.1) | 29 | (85.3) | 65 | (89.0) | 16 | (64) | 87 | (87) | 47 | (73.4) | 3 | (100) |  |
  After PCCS | 4 | (8) | 27 | (16.9) | 4 | (14.3) | 5 | (14.7) | 7 | (9.6) | 8 | (32) | 12 | (12) | 14 | (21.9) | 0 | (0) |  |
Patient outcomes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <.0001 |
 Discharge | 5 | (10) | 18 | (11.3) | 4 | (14.3) | 5 | (14.7) | 6 | (8.2) | 0 | (0) | 7 | (7) | 9 | (14) | 0 | (0) |  |
 Impending Death Discharge | 9 | (18) | 32 | (20.1) | 1 | (3.6) | 6 | (17.6) | 20 | (27.4) | 9 | (36) | 15 | (15) | 22 | (34.3) | 0 | (0) |  |
 Refer to Palliative Home Care Service | 7 | (14) | 4 | (2.5) | 12 | (42.9) | 7 | (20.6) | 5 | (6.8) | 0 | (0) | 5 | (5) | 3 | (4.7) | 1 | (33.3) |  |
 Refer to Palliative Care Unit | 6 | (12) | 15 | (9.4) | 4 | (14.3) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (4.1) | 2 | (8) | 22 | (22) | 8 | (12.5) | 0 | (0) |  |
 Refer to Home Care Service | 0 | (0) | 1 | (0.6) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (2.9) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (2) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |  |
 Improved Condition | 0 | (0) | 4 | (2.5) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (4) | 3 | (3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |  |
 Death | 18 | (36) | 64 | (40.3) | 4 | (14.3) | 11 | (32.4) | 35 | (47.9) | 11 | (44) | 40 | (40) | 19 | (14) | 2 | (66.7) |  |
 Others | 5 | (10) | 21 | (13.2) | 3 | (10.7) | 4 | (11.8) | 4 | (5.5) | 2 | (8) | 6 | (6) | 3 | (4.7) | 0 | (0) |  |