Table 3 Procedures related to the patient in the last week before death
From: How do patients die in a rehabilitative unit dedicated to advanced respiratory diseases?
Patients under invasive MV, % | |
|---|---|
Tracheostomized | 33.2 |
Endotracheal intubation | 14.8 |
Time of invasive MV, hours (mean ± sd) | 22.3 ± 3.1 |
Patients on NIV, % | 29.9 |
Time of NIV, hours (mean ± sd) | 17.5 ± 3.4 |
Patients on O 2 alone,% | 22.1 |
Patients with gastrostomy,% | 10 |
Secretion management, % | |
Submitted to bronchoscopy | 14 |
Manual Care | 17 |
Mechanical Devices | 28 |
Diagnostic Therapeutic Procedures at patient’s chart closure, n (mean ± sd) | 5.5 ± 0.8 |