Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
Young adults in the cardiac intensive care unit: insights from the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network registry
Authors' conclusion
Young adults admitted to the CICU represent a clinically distinct population, with higher rates of high-acuity presentations and intensive resource use yet lower short-term mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Adults admitted to advanced cardiac intensive care units (cardiac intensive care unit (CICUs)) in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials NetworkCICU admissions, 6.7% (n = 1959) aged 18–39 years
- Participants
- 29,035 CICU admissions
- Exposure
- Patients aged 18-39 years compared with those aged ≥40 years
- Young adultsn = 1,959
- Outcome
- Female sex
Methodological detailsconsecutive adult CICU admissions, 2018 to 2023, North America
- Consecutive adult CICU admissions
- 2018 to 2023
- North America
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Non-White
P < 0.001
Heart failure as admission diagnosis · leading admission diagnosis among young adults
P < 0.001
Cardiogenic shock
P < 0.001
Cardiac arrest
P = 0.003
Mechanical circulatory support
P = 0.02
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation share of mechanical circulatory support
P < 0.001
CICU mortality · lower in the young
P < 0.001
Hospital mortality · lower in the young
P < 0.001
CICU length of stay
P < 0.001
Non-White
- Young adults had fewer traditional cardiovascular risk factors
Original publication
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