Aggressiveness of care in the last days of life in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Korea

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Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression analysis for critical care and comfort care

	Variables	Adjusted OR^c	95% CI	p-value
Critical care^a	Serious illness (No)	2.62	1.25–5.50	0.011
	Advance statement (No)	5.77	2.56–13.03	< 0.001
Comfort care^b	Age (< 75 years)	2.62	1.42–4.83	0.002
	LST legal form documentation (Yes)	2.73	1.47–5.05	0.001

Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, KTAS Korean Triage and Acuity Scale, LST Life-sustaining treatment, OR Odds ratio
^a Critical care was defined as receiving any of the following: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), mechanical ventilation (MV), renal replacement therapy (RRT), or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
^b Comfort care was defined as receiving opioids for symptom relief within the last 24 h of life
^c The multivariable logistic regression model with stepwise, forward selection for both critical care and comfort care included age (< 75 or ≥ 75 years), sex, health insurance, status of serious illness (yes or no), status of cancer (yes or no), prior place before the visit, KTAS level (1–2 or 3–5), advance statement status (yes or no), status of legal form documentation regarding LST, and status of palliative center consultation

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