Characteristics of patients considered futile by a prehospital critical care physician. Data are presented as medians (first quartile/third quartile) or n (%)
| Considered futile (n=2053) | Alive at 30 days (n=713) | Deceased at 30 days (n=1271) | P values | |
| Age, years (IQR) | 68 (55/79) | 62 (43/77) | 72 (61/81) | <0.01 |
| Sex, male (%) | 1 290 (63) | 451 (63) | 801 (63) | 0.97 |
| Patient category, n (%) | ||||
| Trauma | 322 (16) | 141 (20) | 162 (13) | <0.01 |
| OHCA | 748 (36) | 122 (17) | 603 (47) | <0.01 |
| Neurological | 581 (28) | 188 (26) | 379 (30) | <0.01 |
| Intoxication* | 78 (4) | 69 (10) | 5 (0.4) | <0.01 |
| Other | 324 (16) | 193 (27) | 122 (10) | <0.01 |
| First vital signs (IQR) | ||||
| Heart rate | 91 (73/110) | 95 (79/110) | 90 (70/110) | <0.01 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 134 (107/165) | 130 (110/155) | 139.5 (105/174) | <0.01 |
| Oxygen saturation | 96 (90/98) | 97 (92/99) | 96 (90/98) | <0.01 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | 3 (3/7) | 8 (3/15) | 3 (3/5) | <0.01 |
*Including alcohol, drugs of abuse, prescription drug overdose or combination of these.
OHCA, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.