Demography of Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT)-identified patients (130)
| Unit | Mean age (range) | Main diagnosis | Main admission reason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renal (55) | 65 (34–88) | Vascular disease | 23 | Sepsis | 18 |
| Primary renal disease | 15 | Deteriorating renal function | 12 | ||
| Myeloma | 4 | Symptom control | 10 | ||
| Other | 13 | Fluid overload | 9 | ||
| Other | 6 | ||||
| Liver (35) | 57 (32–88) | Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) | 26 | Pain/symptom control | 11 |
| Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | 4 | Gastrointestinal bleeding | 10 | ||
| Secondary liver cancer+ALD | 1 | Liver disease complications | 8 | ||
| Other | 4 | Other | 6 | ||
| Cardiac (16) | 76 (55–89) | Ischaemic heart disease | 11 | Heart failure | 6 |
| Cardiomyopathy | 3 | Myocardial infarction | 6 | ||
| Other | 2 | Multimorbidity | 4 | ||
| Respiratory (24) | 74 (49–87) | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | 17 | Exacerbation of COPD | 19 |
| Pneumonia+multimorbidity | 3 | ||||
| Pulmonary fibrosis | 2 | Haemoptysis | 1 | ||
| Lung cancer+COPD | 1 | Pleural effusion | 1 | ||
| Other | 4 | ||||